Nàlán Xìngdé: Who Would Care I'm Engulfed Alone In Chilly West Wind Blowing? 納蘭性德 誰念西風獨自涼 蕭蕭黃葉閉疏窗 Poem by Frank Yue

TUNE: Huàn Qī Shā "Silk-Washing Stream"
(Memorial Song for Late Wife)
-by Nàlán Xìngdé (Nà Lá Róng Ruò) (1655～1685）
-Translated by Frank C Yue

Who would care I'm engulfed alone in chilly West Wind blowing?
My slim windows almost covered by the yellow dead leaves flying.
In deep thoughts of past events, I stand in the red Sun sinking;

I used to be drunk in Spring, from sound sleep you would not wake me;
We played literary games to vie for the first cup of tea.
I thought then these were just ordinary things as things could be!


(2014.07.14)


《浣溪沙》清 · 納蘭性德

誰念西風獨自涼，蕭蕭黃葉閉疏窗，
沉思往事立殘陽。

被酒莫驚春睡重，賭書消得潑茶香，
當時只道是尋常。