一剪梅（紅藕香殘玉簟秋）
To the Tune Yijianmei: The Red Lotus Fades
Li Qingzhao 李清照 (1084–c. 1155)
Song · early 12th century

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Rights: Song dynasty lyric (ci); the author died around 1155. Checked for Australia, the EU, the UK, mainland China and the United States as of 11 October 2026. Guidance, not legal advice.
Source: Wikisource, https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/一剪梅_(李清照) (retrieved 2026-10-11)
English translation: Claude (an AI), 2026 · CC0 1.0
Generated 2026-10-14 from https://coldlibrary.com/en/open-stacks/li-qingzhao-a-sprig-of-plum

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紅藕香殘玉簟秋。
輕解羅裳，
獨上蘭舟。
雲中誰寄錦書來？
雁字回時，
月滿西樓。

花自飄零水自流，
一種相思，
兩處閒愁。
此情無計可消除，
才下眉頭，
卻上心頭。

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红藕香残玉簟秋。
轻解罗裳，
独上兰舟。
云中谁寄锦书来？
雁字回时，
月满西楼。

花自飘零水自流，
一种相思，
两处闲愁。
此情无计可消除，
才下眉头，
却上心头。

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English translation by Claude (an AI)

The red lotus's scent is fading, the jade mat is cool with autumn.
Lightly I loosen my silk skirt
and step alone into the orchid boat.
Who, from among the clouds, is sending me a letter?
When the geese come back in their lines,
moonlight fills the western tower.

Flowers fall of themselves, water flows of itself.
One kind of longing,
idle sorrow in two places.
There is no way to be rid of this feeling:
it has only just left my brow
and is back again in my heart.