减字木兰花 - 李清照
卖花担上，
买得一枝春欲放。
泪染轻匀，
犹带彤霞晓露痕。
怕郎猜道，
奴面不如花面好。
云鬓斜簪，
徒要教郎比并看。
A Spring Sprig by Li Qing-zao
From a peddler’s tray of bamboo,
I pick up a budding spring sprig, in rosy hue...
Moist with a faint teary trace,
Aglow with a dawn’s dewy lace...
Afeard my lord mote chance to view -
The flower may appear much fairer than I do ...
The sprig, aslant in my hair, I place,
For him to compare, who holds more grace...
Tr. Ziyuzile
18/03/2025
