译文及注释
译文
远隔天涯旧恨绵绵,凄凄凉凉孤独度日无人问讯。要想知道我是如何愁肠百结,就像金炉中燃尽的篆香。
长眉总是紧锁,任凭春风劲吹也不舒展。困倦地倚靠高楼栏杆,看那高飞的雁行,字字都是愁。
注释
⑴减字木兰花:词牌名。此调将《偷声木兰花》上下阕起句各减三字,故名。
⑵篆(zhuàn)香:比喻盘香和缭绕的香烟。
⑶黛蛾:指眉毛。
英译
QIN Guan – Magnolia Lyrics with reduced words
I rove among distant corners bearing regrets from bygone days,
Feeling miserable in loneliness as no one cares to ask how I've been.
I've always hoped to see you again yet disappointed I've always been,
Much like curls of smoke from a gilded incense burner that twirl to nothing in vain.
My shapely eyebrows often in a deep frown engage,
That not even the spring breeze could relieve.
Weary and tired on a high-rise, against which I lean,
Across fly wild geese in a flight that appear like words and words of grief.