Listen to this article《秋波媚·夜坐》是清代词人顾太清创作的一首词。顾太清（1799-约1876），清朝女词人。名春，字子春，号太清。满族。精于词学，尤重周邦彦、姜夔之作致力于咏物、题画。与纳兰性德（即成容若）齐名，有“满洲词人，男中成容若，女中太清春”之称。也工于诗。有《东海渔歌》《天游阁集》等。
顾太清·《秋波媚·夜坐》
自笑当年费苦吟。
陈迹梦难寻。
几卷诗篇，
几张画稿，
几许光阴。
唾壶击碎频搔首，
磨灭旧胸襟。
而今赢得，
千丝眼泪，
一个愁心。
Qiubo mei:
Sitting at Night
Gu Taiqing
I laugh at my earlier self trying to work up verses:
Old traces hard to find even in dreams.
How many scrolls of poems?
How many sketches for paintings?
How much time has been…
The spittoon shattered from tapping, I scratch my head often,
Rubbing out my old ambitions.
And now all I’ve succeeded in getting is
A thousand streaks of tears
And a grieving heart.
（David McCraw 译）
