唐詩三百首英譯 孟郊：烈女操

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孟郊

烈女操

梧桐相待老， 鴛鴦會雙死；

貞婦貴殉夫， 捨生亦如此。

波瀾誓不起， 妾心井中水。

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Folk-song-styled-verse

Meng Jiao

A SONG OF A PURE-HEARTED GIRL

Lakka-trees ripen two by two

And mandarin-ducks die side by side.

If a true-hearted girl will love only her husband，

In a life as faithfully lived as theirs，

What troubling wave can arrive to vex

A spirit like water in a timeless well？