汉译英佳作赏析：朱自清《荷塘月色》(2)

　　Qinghua Campus, BeijingJuly, 1927.

　　That is a glimpse of those merrymaking scenes. It must have been fascinating: but unfortunately we have long been denied such a delight。

　　Then I recall those lines in Ballad of Xizhou Island:

　　今晚若有采莲人，这儿的莲花也算得“过人头”了；只不见一些流水的影子，是不行的；这令我到底惦着江南了——这样想着，猛一抬头，不觉已是自己的门前；轻轻地推门进去，什么声息也没有，妻已睡熟好久了。

　　采莲南塘秋，莲花过人头尹低头弄莲子，莲子清如水。

　　1927年7月，北京清华[微博]园

　　于是又记起《西州曲》里的句子：

　　If there were somebody gathering lotuses tonight, she could tell that the lilies here are high enough to "reach over her head"; but, one would certainly miss the sight of the water. So my memories drift back to the South after all.Deep in my thoughts, I looked up, just to find myself at the door of my own house. Gently I pushed the door open and walked in. Not a sound inside, my wife had been fast asleep for quite a while。

　　可见当时嬉游的光景了。这真是有趣的事，可惜我们现在早已无福消受了。

sampan might tilt。

　　Gathering the lotus, I ant in the South Pond, / The lilies in autumn reach over my head; / Lowering my head I toy with the laws seeds. / Look, they are as fresh as the waster underneath。