唐朝的诗歌宋朝的词,更喜欢后者.更加平民,更加生活化.脑海里印象最深的是李清照的词,读起来朗朗上口,也不失意境.相信很多同学都熟悉这首词-
As per your request... - Jeff
如梦令 As If A Dream [Order/Command] / Command For A Dream
常记溪亭日暮,Long have I remembered the pavilon by the stream, from morn to dusk,
沉醉不知归路。In deep stupor that I know not how to return.
兴尽晚回舟,Only upon wakening, do I take the boat home but
误入藕花深处。Only to stumble deep into the lotus blooms.
争1渡,争渡, Struggling, struggling [to get out]...
惊起一滩鸥鹭。Only startling a shoreful of herons into flight.
昨夜雨疏风骤,Last night's gale and storm,
浓睡不消残酒。Deep sleep still unable to dispel my lingering tipsiness.
试问卷帘人2,I ask the one rolling up the curtains,
却道海棠3依旧。The crabapple blossoms remained as before, came the reply.
知否?知否?Really? Really?
应是绿肥红瘦。Should be more luxriant in green than in red.
1. In some sources, 争 = 怎 = how. The person is not fully awakened and has difficulty trying to get out from his predicament. So "struggling" is an apt translation. "How? How?" can also be used. It is understood that he is trying to paddle out of his predicament.
2. 卷帘人 - 侍婢 - servant. Translating it literally or figuratively is a decision that will be made by the translator's mood.
3. Chinese crabapple blossoms or begonia
应该有很多英文版本,不过不知道哪个更加符合心意?
