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鱼玄机·《春情寄子安》
山路欹斜石磴危，不愁行苦苦相思。
冰销远涧怜清韵，雪远寒峰想玉姿。
莫听凡歌春病酒，休招闲客夜贪棋。
如松匪石盟长在，比翼连襟会肯迟。
虽恨独行冬尽日，终期相见月圆时。
别君何物堪持赠，泪落晴光一首诗。
To a Lover, Spring Feelings
Yu Xuanji
The mountain trails are steep,
their rocky steps so dangerous,
and yet the pain of travel
is not the heart of my sorrow;
the pain is my longing for you.
Ice in distant valleys melting
moves me like your clear, crisp voice;
snow afar on the frigid peaks
reminds me of your handsome form.
Please don’t listen to vulgar songs
and drink too much in spring;
avoid the company of idlers
who like to play cheese all night.
Constant as pine,
not hard like a stone,
I pledge to be always here;
as birds of a feather
whose hearts are conjoined,
can our union be far?
Though I dislike traveling alone
all the winter day,
I know I can count on meeting you
when the moon is full.
And when I leave,
what can I give
for a suitable farewell?
Falling tears in the clear daylight—
a poem from me to you.
（Bannie Chow, Thomas Cleary 译）
Spring Feelings, Sent to Zi’an
Yu Xuanji
The mountain road slants, the rocky steps are steep;
But I don’t lament the hardships of travel, it is my longing that is bitter.
Ice melts in far torrents I am touched by your clear rhymes,
Snow lies distant on cold peaks I think of your jade-like beauty.
Don’t listen to common songs and grow sick on wine in spring,
Don’t invite guests to while away the time, eager for games of chess at night.
I am like pine I am no stone my oath will always endure,（1）
Like paired-wing birds or two robes joined, how could I want to delay our meeting?（2）
Though I regret traveling alone through a whole winter’s day,
In the end, I’ll wait to see you when the moon is full.
Parted, what is a worthy present to give to you?
Tears that fall in the bright light and this single poem.
（1）. Poem 26 of the Book of Odes was reputedly composed by a young widow who refused to obey her family’s demand that she remarry: “My heart is not a stone; you cannot roll it about,” she protests.
（2）. The biyi, a legendary bird, had only one wing and could not fly without a mate. Like “two robes joined,” it became a symbol of conjugal felicity.
（Jennifer Carpenter 译）
