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李商隐: 无题二首(之二)/ Li Shangyin: TO ONE UNNAMED II

无题二首(之二)

李商隐

重帷深下莫愁堂, 卧后清宵细细长。

神女生涯原是梦, 小姑居处本无郎。

风波不信菱枝弱, 月露谁教桂叶香。

直道相思了无益, 未妨惆怅是清狂。

 

TO ONE UNNAMED II

Li Shangyin

There are many curtains in your care-free house,

Where rapture lasts the whole night long.

...What are the lives of angels but dreams

If they take no lovers into their rooms?

...Storms are ravishing the nut-horns,

Moon- dew sweetening cinnamon-leaves

I know well enough naught can come of this union,

Yet how it serves to ease my heart!