The Willow

[唐]賀知章

許淵沖 譯

The slender beauty’s dressed in emerald all about,

A thousand branches droop like fringes made of jade.

But do you know by whom these slim leaves are cut out?

The wind of early spring is sharp as scissor blade.

碧玉妝成一樹高，萬條垂下綠絲絳。

不知細葉誰裁出，二月春風似剪刀。