Upon Reading "Romance Of The Western Bower" Poem by Perdita Young (Hanna Wang)

古风 夜读西厢（汉英双语）

挑灯拟把琴音听，
明月清风万籁静。
旧词何以惹新痴？
戏里欢情又惊梦。

秋林策马为功名，
浮云流水卷至情。
笑中有泪泪有痕，
点点斑斑都为莺。

Upon Reading "Romance of the Western Bower"

Under the lamp, I stay up late reading,
About the romantic scene of Lute Playing.
Quiet is the moon and gentle is th' breeze,
When an old drama new daydreams provokes—
Love of play awakens my sentiments...

The young scholar drives across the autumn wood,
Hasty away from a darling he so loves,
In pursuit of fame and fortune, as he should…
It caused much laughter and many a tear,
And all tears shed for Oriole, young and fair.

(June 19th,2009, late at night~)