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冯延巳·《鹊踏枝·秋入蛮蕉》
秋入蛮蕉风半裂，
狼籍池塘，
雨打疏荷折。
绕砌蛬声芳草歇，
愁肠学尽丁香结。
回首西南看晚月，
孤雁来时，
塞管声呜咽。
历历前欢无处说，
关山何日休离别。
To “Ch’üeh T’a Chih” (III)
Feng Yen-ssu
Autumn has come to banana leaves, blown now half to shreds;
Tattered and torn, the ponds and pools,
Where rain beats down and breaks off scattered lotus.
Around the steps the cries of crickets die away in fragrant grass;
My aching heart is knotted as hard as a new wisteria bud.
I turn back toward the southwest and look at the evening moon;
A solitary goose comes flying over:
Moaning and sobbing, the sound of frontier flutes.
One after another, the old pleasures, nowhere to be enjoyed;
When will these towering mountains cease to keep us far apart?
（Daniel Bryant 译）
