English中文
Magpie on the Branch: Who Says Idle Feelings Are Cast Off?
谁道闲情抛掷久？
每到春来，
惆怅还依旧。
日日花前常病酒，
敢辞镜里朱颜瘦。
Who says that idle feeling has long been thrown away? Whenever spring comes, the melancholy returns as before. Day after day, before the flowers, I suffer from wine; how could I complain that my rosy face grows thin in the mirror?
河畔青芜堤上柳，
为问新愁，
何事年年有？
独立小桥风满袖，
平林新月人归后。
The green grass along the river, the willows upon the dike — I ask of this new grief, why must it come every year? I stand alone upon the little bridge, the wind filling my sleeves; a new moon over the flat woods, after all have gone home.
Reading notes
抛掷 also appears as 抛弃, and 敢辞 as 不辞. This page retains the former wordings and aligns the English with them. 还 in 还依旧 is read hái; 为问 is read wèi wèn. 病酒 describes illness or exhaustion from wine.