A Lane in the Rain by Dai Wangshu

Alone holding an oil-paper umbrella,

I wander along a long

Solitary lane in the rain,

Hoping to encounter

A girl like a bouquet of lilacs

Gnawed by anxiety and resentment.

撑着油纸伞，独自

彷徨在悠长、悠长

又寂寥的雨巷，

我希望逢着

一个丁香一样地

结着愁怨的姑娘。

A girl

The colour of lilacs,

The fragrance of lilacs,

With the worries of lilacs,

Feeling melancholy in the rain,

Plaintive and hesitating.

她是有

丁香一样的颜色，

丁香一样的芬芳，

丁香一样的忧愁，

在雨中哀怨，

哀怨又彷徨；

She wanders along the solitary lane in the rain,

Holding an oil-paper umbrella

Just as I do,

Just like me,

Walking slowly in silence,

Aloof, sad and melancholy.

她彷徨在寂寥的雨巷，

撑着油纸伞

像我一样，

像我一样地

默默踟躇着

冷漠，凄清，又惆怅。

Silently she comes closer,

Closer, giving me

A glance like a sigh;

Then she floats past

Like a dream,

Dreary and blank like a dream.

她默默地走近，

走近，又投出

太息一般的眼光

她飘过

像梦一般地，

像梦一般地凄婉迷茫。

Like a lilac

Floating past in a dream,

the girl floats past me;

Silently she goes further and further,

To the crumbling wall,

Out of the lane in the rain.

像梦中飘过

一枝丁香地，

我身旁飘过这个女郎；

她静默地远了，远了，

到了颓圮的篱墙，

走尽这雨巷。

In the mournful melody of the rain,

Her colour has faded,

Her fragrance has disappeared,

Vanished into the void;

Even her glance like a sigh,

Melancholy like lilacs.

在雨的哀曲里，

消了她的颜色，

散了她的芬芳，

消散了，甚至她的

太息般的眼光

丁香般的惆怅。

Alone, holding an oil-paper umbrella,

I wander along a long

Solitary lane in the rain,

Hoping to pass

A girl like a bouquet of lilacs

Gnawed by anxiety and resentment.

撑着油纸伞，独自

彷徨在悠长、悠长

又寂寥的雨巷，

我希望飘过

一个丁香一样地

结着愁怨的姑娘。

Source: China Daily