雙語 ● 江城烽火連三月

TUNE: BUDDHIST DANCERS

菩薩蠻

From month to month in riverside town fire was spread.

江城烽火連三月，

Can I bear to drink farewell at Pavilion Long?

不堪對酒長亭別。

Do not sing your heart-breaking song!

休作斷腸聲，

While old, I have no tears to shed.

老來無淚傾。

Your sail goes fast when wind is high;

風高帆影疾，

Amid green waves it’s lost to my eye.

目送舟痕碧。

When will messengers bring me word?

錦書幾時來？

Summer wind brings no message-bearing bird.

薰風無雁回。