秦大川英译:《红楼梦》满纸荒唐言
满纸荒唐言,
一把辛酸泪。
都云作者痴,
谁解其中味?
A Poem from A Dream of Red Mansions
By Cao Xueqin
Tr. Qin Dachuan
A book with
nonsense overspread,
And full of eye-offending brine.
The author must be mad, 'tis said.
Yet who can read between the lines?

