(41) Bamboo Branch Songs
竹枝词
Ni Zan (1301-1374)
倪瓒
(I)
（一）
The rosy-dressed girls live by lakeside as they please;
湖边女儿红粉妆，
In spring they will not gather leaves of mulberries.
不学罗敷春采桑。
They learn to dance like swallows in the vernal breeze
学成飞燕春风舞，
To wed the gallant Northerners and live at ease.
嫁与燕山游冶郎。
(II)
（二）
The old men talk about the kingdom's fall and rise;
阿翁闻说国兴亡，
For captive king and general slain they give deep sighs.
记得钱王与岳王。
At dusk the wind breaks willow branch with might and main;
日暮狂风吹柳折，
The overbrimming lake is veiled in mist and rain.
满湖烟雨绿茫茫。