吴藻（1799～1862），女，清代著名女曲作家、词人，字苹香，自号玉岑子，浙江仁和（今杭州）人，祖籍安徽黟县。幼而好学，长则肆力于词，又精绘事，自绘饮酒读骚图，又题饮酒读骚图曲。著有《花帘词》一卷、《香南雪北词》一卷、《饮酒读骚图曲》（又名《乔影》）、《花帘书屋诗》等。

吴藻·《如梦令·燕子》

燕子未随春去，

飞入绣帘深处。

软语话多时，

莫是要和侬住？

延伫，延伫，

含笑回它：“不许！”

Ru meng ling:

A Swallow

Wu Zao

A swallow not having left with spring

Flies deep inside embroidered shades,

For hours speaking softly.

Could his wish be to stay with me?

He waits…

He waits …

I answer him smiling, "You may not!"

（Antony C. Yu 译）

Tune: Ju-meng ling (As in a Dream: A Song)

Title: Swallows

Wu Tsao

Not all the swallows have left with the spring:

One flies past embroidered curtains into my inner room.

Softly, endlessly, it murmurs;

Could it be saying, "May I stay with you?"

Waiting for an answer,

Waiting for an answer,

With a smile, I reply, "No, you mustn't."

（Irving Y. Lo 译）

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