by
Li Qingzhao (c1084 - c1151)
声声慢
Language: Chinese (中文)
Available translation(s): ENG ENG
寻寻觅觅
冷冷清清
凄凄惨惨戚戚
乍暖还寒时候
最难将息
三杯两盏淡酒
怎敌他晚来风急
雁过也
正伤心
却是旧时相识
满地黄花堆积
憔悴损
如今有谁堪摘
守著窗儿
独自怎生得黑
梧桐更兼细雨
到黄昏点点滴滴
这次第
怎一个愁字了得
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946) , "Verzweiflung", appears in Die chinesische Flöte [an adaptation] ; composed by Krzysztof Penderecki.
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- ENG English (Qi Feng Wu) , "Sheng Sheng Man", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Kairui (Kerry) Zhou) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Sheng Sheng Man
Language: English  after the Chinese (中文)
Searching diligently,
seeing nothing but coldness and solitude,
how can it not make people miserable and sorrowful?
Autumn always suddenly gets warmer and then colder,
it is the most difficult to maintain and rest.
Drinking three glasses or two glasses of light wine,
how can you resist the cold wind in the evening?
A group of wild geese flew overhead,
making people even more sorrowful,
because they were all old acquaintances who passed letters to me back then
The chrysanthemums are piled up all over the garden,
I am haggard and thin because of sadness.
Who can pick them now?
Watching the window alone,
How can one endure until dark, all alone?
The drizzle was dripping on the sycamore leaves,
the sound of the rain was still dribs and drabs at dusk
Such a situation,
how can we use the word "sorrow" to end it!
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- a text in Chinese (中文) by Li Qingzhao (c1084 - c1151), "声声慢"
This text was added to the website: 2023-08-24
Line count: 19
Word count: 145