Quatrain Majors on Snow and Plum

诗/卢梅坡(宋代)  英译/黎历

By Lu MeiPo (Song Dynasty)

 /Tr. By Lily

梅雪·其一

Snow and plum blossom (I)

梅雪争春未肯降，

骚人阁笔费评章。

梅须逊雪三分白，

雪却输梅一段香。

Vying for spring snow and plum blossoms tie

Hard to prefer one to another poets’ pens lie

Plum blossoms never rule snow for whiteness

But plum blossoms win out snow for sweetness

雪梅·其二

Snow and plum blossom (II)

有梅无雪不精神，

有雪无诗俗了人。

日暮诗成天又雪，

与梅并作十分春。

Plum blossoms cannot be vigorous without snow

Without poems, snow renders men’s taste low

At dusk in whirling snow, poems are well written

Plus plum blossoms a full-fledged spring is given

译于2018年1月25日星期四