Li Qingzhao: Last Night, Gusty Winds Put Intermittent Rains To Flight李清照 昨夜雨疏風驟 濃睡不消殘酒 Poem by Frank Yue

TUNE: Rú Mèng Lìng:
"Song Like A Dream"
TITLE: One Spring Night
-LI QINGZHAO (1084-1151)
-Translated by Frank C Yue

Last night, gusty winds put intermittent rains to flight;
Drunk, I slept soundly and did not finish the wine out-right.
I ask (this morning)my maid rolling up the curtain;
"Yes, M'dam, the crab-apples are still in bloom, for certain."
Don't you know?
Don't you know -
The leaves should be thick and green,
The flowers, red and stems, lean.


(2013.10.03)


【如夢令】春晚南宋 • 李清照

昨夜雨疏風驟， 濃睡不消殘酒。
試問捲簾人， 卻道海棠依舊。
知否?
知否?
應是綠肥紅瘦。