更漏子

锦筵红，

罗幕翠，

侍宴美人姝丽。

十五六，

解怜才，

劝人深酒杯。

黛眉长，

檀口小?

耳畔向人轻道：

“柳阴曲，

是儿家，

门前红杏花。”

TUNE: SONG OF WATER CLOCK

 

The banquet spread in red

With silken screen in green,

Attended by maidens fair

Of fifteen or sixteen,

Alone she knows to care

For talents fine and fill my cup with wine.

With long brows green

And small mouth, she would lean

On me and whisper in my ear:

“The winding willowy way is near

The house where you’ll find me.

In front there is a blossoming apricot tree.”