商挺《潘妃曲》 -英译元曲-中英双语赏析-经典翻译

潘妃曲[1]

商挺

带月披星担惊怕，

久立纱窗下。

等候他。

蓦[2]听得门外地皮儿踏，

则道是冤家[3]。

原来是风动荼蘼[4]架。

注释：

[1]潘妃曲：曲调名，亦称“步步娇”。

[2]蓦：突然。

[3]冤家：对心上人的昵称。

[4]荼蘼：一种藤本植物，夏季开花，香气袭人。

Tune: Song of Princess Pan

Shang Ting

Shivering with fright

In moonlight and starlight,

I stand long by the window dim,

Waiting for him.

Suddenly outdoor footsteps I seem to hear:

O it must be my dear.

But how again I shiver

To find in the wind only the trellis quiver.