【相見歡】其一  南唐 • 李煜

Poetry tune “Happy to see each other” by Li Yu, Tang Dynasty(South Tang)

Translated by Alan Ma, July 5, 2014.

   無言獨上西樓，月如鈎。

    寂寞梧桐深院， 鎖清秋。

    剪不斷，理還亂，

    是離愁，別是一般滋味在心頭。

 

Speechless I go up the West tower alone,

The moon is like a crescent in tone.

The lone Phoenix tree in the deep garden,

Seems to lock up a cool Autumn well fasten.

I try to cut the sorrow from my mind but in vain,

To sort out, it’s more chaotic and cannot refrain..

 It is the sorrow to part,

What a bitter taste in the heart!

 

 -End of translation-

 

註: 梧桐（學名：Firmiana simplex），中國古代傳說鳳凰「非梧桐不棲」。