(135) Elegy On My Wise Mistress
哭聪娘
Yuan Mei (1716-1798)
袁枚
I still remember her singing "Mulberry Song"
记得歌成《陌上桑》，
And the wedding of her brauty with my renown.
罗敷身许嫁王昌。
In autumn we enjoyed the southern moon for long;
双栖吴苑三秋月，
In winter severed by west mountains snowflakes crown.
并走秦观万里霜。
I relished no rich soup but prepared by her hand;
羹是手调才有味，
Our talk from heart to heart gave nothing but delight.
语无信曲不同商。
How could the twenty years we passed in southern land.
如何二十多年事，
Last not so long as happy dreams of vernal night?
只抵春宵一梦长。