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顾太清·《江城梅花引·雨中接云姜信》
故人千里寄书来。
快些开，
慢些开，
不知书中，
安否费疑猜。
别后炎凉时序改，
江南北，
动离愁，
自徘徊。
徘徊，
徘徊，
渺予怀。
天一涯，
水一涯，
梦也梦也，
梦不见，
当日裙钗。
谁念碧云，
凝伫费肠回。
明岁君归重见我，
应不似，
别离时，
旧形骸。
Jiang cheng meihua yin:
On a Rainy Day Receiving a Letter from Yunjiang
Gu Taiqing
Letter from a friend a thousand miles away:
Open it quick!
Open it slow!
What’s in this letter?
Is she well or not? My mind is a blank.
Since our parting, cool and hot seasons have come and gone;
But north and south of the River
Arouse in me the grief of separation as I pace to and fro.
To and fro, to and fro, I long for someone far away
At the far end of the world,
Beyond the water’s edge.
I dream, I dream;
Yet in my dream I cannot see your hairpin and skirt of those days.
Who would remember the dark clouds?
I stand transfixed waiting, my heart tied in knots.
Next year when you return and see me again
I should not be
My old self at the time of our parting.
（Grace S. Fong 译）
