王清惠·《满江红》英译

太液芙蓉，浑不似、旧时颜色。曾记得、春风雨露，玉楼金阙。名播兰馨妃后里，晕潮莲脸君王侧。忽一声、鼙鼓揭天来，繁华歇。

龙虎散，风云灭。千古恨，凭谁说？对山河百二，泪盈襟血。驿馆夜惊尘土梦，宫车晓辗关山月。问姮娥、于我肯从容，同圆缺。

P’u – Man Chiang Hung

(To the tune-title ‘Sunset on the River’)

Journey into Captivity

Wang Ch’ing-hui

Mimosa at T’ai-yeh

Cannot have the same

Colour as in those days of old

Remembered from a past

Of spring-time dew and wind and rain

In the Jade Tower and Palace of Gold.

My name among the royal ladies spread like orchid-scent;

A blushing, bashful lotus-flower the Sovereign’s grace befriended.

When suddenly a clamour

Of war-drums fit to startle heaven burst.

The gay life ended.

Dragon and Tiger fled,

Cloud and Wind were gone.
To share such depth of sorrow

Whom could I count upon?

Faced with the sight of all those rivers and mountains

Blood stained my dress, and tears fell so.

Each night at road-side inns I woke in terror from dreams of travel;

Each dawn the palace carriages rolled through passes lit by the moon.

I begged Ch’ang-O

In kindness to allow me to go with her

Wherever she might go.

（Alan Ayling and Duncan Mackintosh 译）