秦大川英译:席慕容《千年的愿望》
总希望
二十岁的那个月夜
能再回来
再重新活那么一次
然而
商时风
唐时雨
多少枝花
多少个闲情的少女
想她们在玉阶上转回以后
也只能枉然地剪下玫瑰
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A Wish for Thousands of Years
By Xi Murong
Tr. Qin Dachuan
I always wish
The moonlit night I lived when I was 20
Could come back
To be lived once again for today.
But,
In Shang's wind*
And Tang's rain,**
How many flowers have been blown away!
How many leisurely virgin maids,
When returning from the moon-washed steps,
Have but had to snip the roses
To put them into the vase!
Notes:
*The Chinese Shang Dynasty:1675-1029 BC
**The Chinese Tang Dynasty:618-907 AD

