如梦令

李清照

昨夜雨疏风骤，

浓睡不消残酒。

试问卷帘人，

却道海棠依旧。

知否?知否?

应是绿肥红瘦。

 

To the Tune of Like a Dream

Li Qingzhao

Last night a sprinkling of rain,

a violent wind.

After a deep sleep, still not recovered

from the lingering effect of wine,

I inquired of the one rolling up the screen;

But the answer came: "The cherry-apple blossoms

are still the same."

"Oh, don't you know, don't you know?

The red must be getting thin,

while the green is becoming plump."

 

translated by Lucy Chow Ho