李商隐: 无题二首（之二）/ li shangyin: to one unnamed ii

无题二首（之二）

李商隐

重帷深下莫愁堂， 卧后清宵细细长。

神女生涯原是梦， 小姑居处本无郎。

风波不信菱枝弱， 月露谁教桂叶香。

直道相思了无益， 未妨惆怅是清狂。

　

to one unnamed ii

li shangyin

there are many curtains in your care-free house,

where rapture lasts the whole night long.

...what are the lives of angels but dreams

if they take no lovers into their rooms?

...storms are ravishing the nut-horns,

moon- dew sweetening cinnamon-leaves

i know well enough naught can come of this union,

yet how it serves to ease my heart!