The Parted One’s Monologue | Two Lyrical Pieces

I

Now the first lanterns glimmer, east of Qinhuai,
Through deep, hushed galleries, the small garden lies bare.
What is this tenderness? A parted one's tear,
Wept to the spring court, on a petal-strewn air.

II

The river's long sigh through the Qinhuai flows,
The petals grow sallow, at the court’s east.
I forever blame Heaven, who mercy refuses,
And savagely gives the plantain to the wind's feast

Original Poem (composed in ancient Chinese or Wenyan):

离人 两首

其一

华灯初上秦淮东，画廊深静小园空。

多情应是离人泪，散入春庭落花风。

其二

流水唏吁秦淮中，落花憔悴小庭东。

总恨天公不相便，痛把芭蕉付与风。