Li Qingzhao: In My Illness, My Temple Hair's Turning Gray (In Pain)李清照病起蕭蕭兩鬢華 臥看殘月上窗紗 Poem by Frank Yue

TUNE: Tān Pò Huàn Qī Shā
"(Broken Form)Silk-Washing Stream"
TITLE: "In my illness my temple hair"
-by LI QINGZHAO (1081-1151?)
(Southern Song dynasty)
-Translated by Frank C Yue

In my illness, my temple hair's turning gray (in pain):
In sick bed, I watch through window-screen Moon on the wane.
Brewing nutmeg herbal med'cine that agrees with me -
I had better not drink tea.

Leaning on my pillow reading poetry at leisure,
The front door fine scene in the rain affords much pleasure.
Tenderly facing me all day -
O My Osmanthus, flowers gay.


(2013.10.)


【攤破浣溪沙】(病起蕭蕭兩鬢華)
南宋 ‧ 李清照

病起蕭蕭兩鬢華，臥看殘月上窗紗。
豆蔻連梢煎熱水，莫分茶。

枕上詩書閒處好，門前風景雨來佳。
終日向人多醞藉，木犀花。