Written on Valentine Day (Chinese-English)

八六子•情人节随笔

寡心情，美人偷看，桃面犹似寒冰。恼媚眼，带笑勾魂，移步香飘四溢，微风绕栏榭亭。无由叩门丝贸，辗转迟眠，还醒三更。
叹错年庚，话无言，三观更难知探。北南殊域，海天悬隔， 真个，爱恨无缘构建，相逢总是言生。似星辰，天间各飘各行。

I have no mood to peep at the beauty
Her peachy face seems pretty icy
I resent her soul-snatching smile
She moves and her fragrance lingers awhile
Like a breeze through the pavilion rails
I have no excuse her silk to trade
I can’t fall asleep until very late
And in the small hours up I often wake
I sigh for our miss-matched ages
Her world view I can’t detect by words
The south and the north stand far apart
Betwixt ocean’nd sky there’s much distance
It’s really impossible to build up love or hate
Even seen often she won’t be an acquaintance
Like stars we drift in the sky and never date