本人喜欢英文，更喜欢红楼梦，希望在简书，中英文的红楼梦能给你带来别样的阅读体验~
Having delivered himself of this masterpiece, Yu-cun's thoughts began to run on his unrealized ambitions and, after much head-scratching and many heavenward glances accompanied by heavy sighs, he produced the following couplet, reciting it in a loud, ringing voice which caught the ear of Shi-yin, who chanced at that moment to be arriving:
雨村吟罢，因又思及平生抱负，苦未逢时，乃又搔首对天长叹，复高吟一联曰：
"The jewel in the casket bides till one shall come to buy.
The jade pin the drawer hides, waiting its time to fly."
玉在椟中求善价，钗于奁内待时飞。
Shi-yin smiled. "You are a man of no mean ambition, Yun-cun."
恰值士隐走来听见，笑道：“雨村兄真抱负不浅也！”
"Oh no!" Yu-cun smiled back deprecatingly. "You are too flattering. I was merely reciting at random from the lines of some old poet. But what brings you here, sir?"
雨村忙笑道：“不过偶吟前人之句，何敢狂诞至此。””因问：“老先生何兴至此？”
"Tonight is Mid Autumn night,"said Shi-yin. "People call it the Festival of Reunion. It occurred to me that you might be feeling rather lonely here in your monkery, so I have arranged for the two of us to take a little wine together in my study. I hope you will not refuse to join me."
隐笑道：“今夜中秋，俗谓‘团圆之节’，想尊兄旅寄僧房，不无寂寥之感，故特具小酌，邀兄到敝斋一饮，不知可纳芹意否？”
Yu-cun made no polite pretence of declining. "Your kindness is more than I deserve, " he said. "I accept gratefully." And he accompanied Shi-yin back to the study next door.
雨村听了，并不推辞，便笑道：“既蒙厚爱，何敢拂此盛情。”说着，便同士隐复过这边书院中来。
#Vocabulary#
jewel
A jewel is a valuable gem or stone, one that might be set in a ring or necklace. Your grandmother might keep her jewels locked in a safe, to protect them from thieves.
2022-10-16
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