6、锦瑟

锦瑟

李商隐（唐）

锦瑟无端五十弦，
一弦一柱思华年。
庄生晓梦迷蝴蝶，
望帝春心托杜鹃。
沧海月明珠有泪，
蓝田日暖玉生烟。
此情可待成追忆，
只是当时已惘然。

The Sad Zither

Li Shangyin
Translated by Xu Yuan Chong

Why should the zither sad have fifty strings?
Each string, each strain evokes but vanished springs.
Dim morning dream to be a butterfly;
Amorous heart poured out in cuckoo's cry.
In moonlit perals see tears in mermaid's eyes;
From sunburnt emerald watch vapor rise!
Such feeling cannot be reacalled again;
It seemed long lost even when it was felt then.