歌词：Hope Betrayed(枉凝眉英文版)

这是我在David Hawkes译本基础上改编的红楼梦主题曲《枉凝眉毛》的英文版。



枉凝眉
一个是阆苑仙葩，一个是美玉无瑕。若说没奇缘，今生偏又遇着他；若说有奇缘，如何心事终虚話？一个枉自嗟呀，一个空劳牵挂。一个是水中月，一个是镜中花。想眼中能有多少泪珠儿，怎禁得秋流到冬尽，春流到夏！

Hope Betrayed

She was a lonely bloom from Eden
He was a flawless jade from Heaven
Had there been no destiny
Why would he and she have met again
Had there been a true destiny
Why could sincere love have finally been all in vain
Ah...

In vain were all her sighs and tears
In vain were all his anxious fears
Like the moon shining in river
Like the flower blooming in a mirror
How many teardrops could from the two eyes well
From summer to winter they fell
Nowhere could all the teardrops dwell
Ah...

作曲：王立平
作词：曹雪芹
翻译：David Hawkes， 战巍