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Moss

 

诗/袁枚 (清代)  译/黎历

By Yuan Mei (Qing Dynasty) /Tr. By Lily

 

白日不到处，

青春恰自来。

苔花如米小，

也学牡丹开。

Version one

Where there’s no sunshine

On its own green moss thrives fine

Though as tiny as a grain is its flower

It learns from peony to bloom with power

译于2018年2月19日星期一

Version two

Where there is no shining sun

The growth of moss alone has begun

Though its flowers are as tiny as grain

Like a peony it blooms to attain

 

Version three

Where sunshine does not arrive

Green mosses alone thrive

Flowers as tiny as grain

Peony’s mien it does gain

译于2019年4月9日星期二

 

许景城佳译

 

Mosses

 

By Yuan Mei

 

Tr. Peter Jingcheng Xu

 

Where sunshine's hidden,

Youth comes unbidden.

Mosses bud like rice,

yet bloom like peonies.

 

班戈梅奈观海楼

 

2018-2-19

 

 

吴伟雄佳译

 

Moss

 

by Yuan Mei (Qing)

 

吴伟雄 译

 

Where the sunlight does not shine,

Spring-like scene prevails just fine.

Blooming moss is small as rice,

Still in prime as peony nice.

 

 

顾丹柯佳译

 

Moss

 

Yuan Mei (Qing Dynasty)

 

顾丹柯 译

 

Where the sun refuses to shine,

Green moss thrives just as fine.

The budding moss is small as grain,

The beauty of peony it tries to gain.

 

19 February 2018

 

 

赵彦春佳译

 

The Leek Flowers

 

Where the sun does not arrive,

Springtime does on its own thrive.

The leek flowers like rice tiny,

Rush to bloom like the peony.

 

Where the sun does not shine,

Springtime still will be fine.

The leek flowers like rice tiny,

Rush to bloom like the peony.

任诚刚佳译

 

Moss

by Yuan Mei [Qing]

 

Bright sun can't reach me here,

Toward me vitality still walks near.

Moss blossoms, tiny as grains，

 

Are in bloom as peony gains.