一
无才可去补苍天，枉入红尘若许年。
此系身前身后事，倩谁记去作奇传？
作者：曹雪芹
One
Found unfit to repair the azure sky
Long years a foolish mortal man was I.
My life in both worlds on this stone is writ:
Pray who will copy out and publish it?
Translated by David Hawkes
二
满纸荒唐言，一把辛酸泪。
都云作者痴，谁解其中味。
作者：曹雪芹
Two
Pages full of idle words
Penned with hot and bitter tears;
All men call the author fool;
None his secret message hears.
Translated by David Hawkes
