Dai Wangshu's "Rain Alley" in the 1930s, holding an oil-paper umbrella alone
Wandering in the long and lonely rain alley,
I hope to meet
a lilac-like
girl with sorrow and resentment.
She has
the same color as lilac,
the same fragrance as lilac,
the same sadness as lilac,
Sadness in the rain
Sadness and hesitation
She is wandering in this lonely rainy alley
Holding a paper oil umbrella
Like me
Like me
Silently walking
Indifferent, desolate and melancholy
She approached silently
Going closer and giving it a look
A breathless look
She floated by
Like a dream
Like a dream Generally sad and confused
Like floating in a dream
A branch of lilac
Like this girl floating beside me
She was silent The earth is far away
To the crumbling fence
Walking through this rainy alley
In the mournful song of the rain
Dissipated her color
Dissipated her fragrance
Dissipated even her eyes
Sleep-like eyes and lilac-like melancholy
Holding an oil-paper umbrella alone
Wandering in the long and lonely rain alley
I hope that a lilac will float by
Likewise
The Girl with a Grief
"Rain Alley" is Dai Wangshu's famous work and early representative work, for which he once won the nickname "Rain Alley Poet".