夕、次｜oVERNIGHT, sTAY

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夕、次｜oVERNIGHT, sTAY

在水一方的未眠夜。
sLEEPLESS on the other side of water.

韋應物（七三七年至七九二年，唐代詩人）－《夕次盱眙縣》：
Wei Yingwu (737-792, Tang Dynasty’s poet) – “Overnight stay in Xuyi*”:

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落帆逗淮鎮，停舫臨孤驛。
浩浩風起波，冥冥日沉夕。
人歸山郭暗，雁下蘆洲白。
獨夜憶秦關，聽鍾未眠客。
Unloaded the sail and moored to riverside of a town of Huai River,
little boat dOCKED at a lonely posthouse.
Big wind caused the wAVES,
the sun set and the sky turned dIM.
Mountain was dARK and the people went home,
flock of wild geese landed in the reeds in the mOONLIGHT.
Could not help thinking of Chang’an in the lONELY night,
The people, who were sLEEPLESS, could only hear the bells.
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水、雲、情｜wATER, cLOUD, fEELING

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水、雲、情｜wATER, cLOUD, fEELING

七七，四十九日後。
*Seven times seven, forty nine days later.

晏幾道（一零三零年至一一零六年[未能證實]，北宋詞人）－
詞題：《離多最是》（詞牌：《少年遊》）：
Yan Jidao (1030-1106 [unconfirmed], Northern Song Dynasty’s lyricist) –
Title of Lyrics:“Leaving is mostly like” (Song: “Journey of the early youth”)：

離多最是，東西流水，終解兩相逢。
淺情終似，行雲無定，猶到夢魂中。
可憐人意，薄於雲水，佳會更難重。
細想從來，斷腸多處，不與今番同。
Leaving is mostly like, wATER flowing to the eAST and the wEST, but still can meet at the end.
Ending of sHALLOW feelings is like, moving cLOUDS without fixed directions, like meeting in the dREAM.
Feeling of hUMAN is unfortunately, tHINNER than the clouds and water, just hARD to come across good party again.
Reflecting on the pAST, although there’s a lot of hEARTBROKEN things happening, this time is not the sAME.

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也許｜pERHAPS

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也許｜pERHAPS

懷抱中的你⋯⋯
You, in my arms……

聞一多（一八九九年至一九四六年，詩人及學者）－《也許》（葬歌，一九二六年）：
Wen Yiduo (1899-1946, poet and scholar) – “Perhaps” (The Funeral Song, 1926):

也許你真是哭得太累，
也許，也許你要睡一睡，
那麼叫夜鷹不要咳嗽，
蛙不要號，蝙蝠不要飛。
Perhaps you are really too tIRED from crying,
Perhaps, perhaps you need a nAP，
Then ask nighthawks not to cough,
Frogs not to croak, bats not to fly.

不許陽光撥你的眼簾，
不許清風刷上你的眉，
無論誰都不能驚醒你，
撐一傘松蔭庇護你睡。
Don’t allow the sunlight to poke your eyes,
Don’t allow the fresh breeze to brush your eyebrows,
No matter who it is, no one can aWAKEN you,
Hold an umbrella of pine shade to sHELTER you to sleep.

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