灯火阑珊处

Where Lights Are Dim

中文｜白鹤清泉 (Baihe Qingquan)

英译｜周柯楠 (Zhou Kenan)

你是东风吹落的几点星火

让一个蓦然回首韵味千年

You are the few sparks blown down by the east wind

Which makes the sudden look-back with the charm of a thousand years

远处的凤箫声动鱼龙灯舞

怎及你芳心早许袖盈暗香

The sound of the phoenix flute and the dancing of festive lanterns in the distance

How can they be better than I get your heart early and your subtle fragrance

*

君似那江楼月，妾似那望江楼

你来或者不来，妾总在那儿等候

You are like the moon over the river tower, and as your love, I am like the riverside tower

Whether you come or not, I’ll be always waiting there

你照或者不照，妾还是风采依旧

我仰望的模样

总在你的月光里娇艳

Whether you shine or not, I still have the same elegant demeanor

The way I look up at you

Is always beautiful in your moonlight

*

所有的追寻都已经过去

所有守候还在稀疏处静穆如一棵树

All the pursuits have passed

All waiting is still in a sparse place as quiet as a tree

也许，所有的故事都会重新开始

千年一回首，在斜晖里慢慢陈旧

Maybe all the stories will start all over again

Looking back on the millennium, all will get old in the oblique glow