雙語 ● 窗外芭蕉窗里燈

TUNE: EVERLASTING LONGING

長相思

RAIN

雨

Watch after watch

一聲聲，

And drop by drop,

一更更，

The rain falls on banana leaves without stop.

窗外芭蕉窗里燈，

Within the window by the candlelight,

此時無限情。

For you I’m longing all night.

夢難成，

I cannot seek for dreams,

恨難平，

Nor banish sorrow.

不道愁人不喜聽，

The rain cares not for what I dislike, it seems;

空階滴到明。

On marble steps it drips until the morrow.