Xi Shi ~《红楼梦》·《五美吟·西施》 with English Translations
《五美吟·西施》出自清代小说家曹雪芹所著小说《红楼梦》,是一首七言绝句,在小说中由林黛玉所作。前两句直写西施的不幸,后两句写西施和一般女子一样,红颜多薄命。这首诗是林黛玉以西施自况,发出了预感命运不幸的悲叹,悲哀自已红颜薄命。这首诗引用了东施效颦之典,化用王维《西施咏》和《洛阳女儿行》诗意,增强了全诗的悲叹基调。 《红楼梦》·《五美吟·西施》 一代倾城逐浪花,吴宫空自忆儿家。 效颦莫笑东村女,头白溪边尚浣纱。 Xi Shi(David Hawkes 译) That kingdom-quelling beauty dissolved like the flower of foam. In the foreign palace, Xi Shi, did you yearn for your old home? Who laughs at your ugly neighbor with her frown-and-simper now, Still steeping her yam at the brook-side, and the hair snow-white on her brow? His-shih(B. […]
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