（古詞英譯）减字木兰花 - 李清照

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。

怕郎猜道，

奴面不如花面好。

云鬓斜簪，

徒要教郎比并看。

A Spring Sprig by Li Qing-zao

From a peddler’s tray of bamboo,

I pick up a budding spring sprig, in rosy hue...

Moist with a faint teary trace,

Aglow with a dawn’s dewy lace...

Afeard my lord mote chance to view -

The flower may appear much fairer than I do ...

The sprig, aslant in my hair, I place,

For him to compare, who holds more grace...

Tr. Ziyuzile

18/03/2025