李煜 無言獨上西樓 月如鈎 Wordless, alone, to the West Tower

【相見歡】其一  南唐 • 李煜

    無言獨上西樓，
    月如鈎。
    寂寞梧桐深院
    鎖清秋。

    剪不斷，
    理還亂，
    是離愁。
    別是一般滋味在心頭。

TUNE: XIANG JIAN HUAN 

"Joy in Seeing Each Other"

TITLE: AUTUMN PASSIONS

-- Li Yu (937-978)

-- Translated by Frank C Yue

Wordless, alone, to the West Tower I climb 

the stair;

The Moon, like a curved sword, hangs 

there.

Held captive in the deep courtyard and its 

lonesome phoenix tree,

Is the cool, pure Autumn breeze.

Cut it, it doesn't sever;

Sort it, as entangled as ever --

It is a great sorrow to part,

Creating an entirely different feeling in my 

heart!

"月如鈎"：

譯者在這裡把 '鈎' 作 '吴钩'，即 '彎刀' 解釋。

唐 • 李贺《南国》:

  男儿何不带吴钩，收取关山五十州。 　　
  请君暂上凌烟阁，若个书生万户侯。