减字木兰花 - 李清照
卖花担上,
买得一枝春欲放。
泪染轻匀,
犹带彤霞晓露痕。
From a peddler’s tray of bamboo,
I pick up a spring sprig, in budding rosy hue...
Moist with a faint teary trace,
Aglow with a dawn’s dewy lace.
怕郎猜道,
奴面不如花面好。
云鬓斜簪,
徒要教郎比并看。
Afear of my lord might view -
The flower may seem fairer than I do ...
The sprig, slanting in my hair, I place,
For him to compare, which holds more grace...
Tr. Ziyuzile
17/03/2025
(to be revised)