Chapter 28 winter road
winter road
Through a veil-like mist
The moon sheds its light,
It sadly illuminates a forest,
It shines on the desolate field at the edge of the forest.
On the road of Kuso's Ketian
Three hounds run with the sled,
Bells jingle all the way,
It sounded so tired and monotonous.
From the long song sung by the coachman
Can hear a certain kind of heart in the country;
Sometimes it is wild joy,
Sometimes it is inner sadness. ...
Can't see the lights, can't see
Dark huts, only ice and snow, wasteland...
only one mile ahead
Running towards me, then backing away...
I'm tired, blue... Tomorrow, Nina,
Tomorrow, I'll be sitting by the fire
forget about everything and only
Dear ones, watch it tirelessly.
We'll wait for the clock to tick
After a rhythmic circle,
Wait until midnight to scatter the hateful people,
Then we will not break up.
I am melancholy, Nina: the road is so long,
My coachman too is silent and sleepy,
All the way there is only the monotonous ringing of the car bell,
Thick fog has covered the face of the moon.
1826
Translated by Cha Liangzheng