无名氏《塞鸿秋·爱他时似爱初生月》 -英译元曲-中英双语赏析-经典翻译

塞鸿秋

无名氏

爱他时似爱初生月，

喜他时似喜看梅梢月[1]，

想他时道几首西江月[2]，

盼他时似盼辰钩月。

当初意儿别，

今日相抛撇，

要相逢似水底捞明月。

注释：

[1]梅梢月：梅与眉谐音双关，暗含“喜上眉梢”之意。

[2]西江月：唐玄宗时教坊曲名，后用为词调，这里泛指填词抒情。

Tune: Autumn Swan on Frontier

Anonymous

My love for him is like moonrise,

My joy like brows above the eyes.

Thinking of him, The Moon on West River I croon;

Waiting for him, my heart is like the waning moon.

Then he was highly pleased with me.

Now forsaken by him can I be?

Our reunion is like the moon deep in the sea.