Song of Resentment, Meng Jiao
Wednesday, 2 October 2024 11:57Let’s test my lord’s and this one’s tears
By dripping them in our two ponds,
Then see when choosing lotus blooms
This year because of whose have died?
怨诗
试妾与君泪,
两处滴池水。
看取芙蓉花,
今年为谁死。
Yes, that "this year" is misplaced from the usual place for an adverb, but it's also misplaced in the original. Haven't found a way to reword it that moves it up without a really bad line break. Meh.
ETA
Later, when choosing lotus blooms,
We’ll see because of that whose died.
---L.
By dripping them in our two ponds,
Then see when choosing lotus blooms
This year because of whose have died?
怨诗
试妾与君泪,
两处滴池水。
看取芙蓉花,
今年为谁死。
Yes, that "this year" is misplaced from the usual place for an adverb, but it's also misplaced in the original. Haven't found a way to reword it that moves it up without a really bad line break. Meh.
ETA
Later, when choosing lotus blooms,
We’ll see because of that whose died.
---L.