Author: Thomas

中文原文﹕

懷君屬秋夜，
散步詠涼天。
空山松子落，
幽人應未眠。

英文翻譯 / English Translation﹕

I think of you on this autumn night,
As I stroll along and take to poetise the cool weather.
I'd imagine that in the mountains it is time when pine cones fall,
And you're likely to be engrossed in thoughts too keeping you awake.

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中文原文﹕

孤雲將野鶴，
豈向人間住？
莫買沃洲山，
時人已知處。

英文翻譯 / English Translation﹕

A lone cloud sends off a flight of wild cranes,
How could the temporal be the place for them?
I wouldn't recommend the Wozhou Mountains for your seclusion,
After all, as a place to retreat to, it has become well-known.

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中文原文﹕

泠泠七弦上，
靜聽松風寒；
古調雖自愛，
今人多不彈。

英文翻譯 / English Translation﹕

The seven strings on your cittern give rise to music,
I listen intently to the portrayal of winds rustling pine trees and feel the implied chill;
Though I am also a lover of old compositions,
Nowadays not many would continue to play the genre still.

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中文原文﹕

蒼蒼竹林寺，
杳杳鐘聲晚。
荷笠帶斜陽，
青山獨歸遠。

英文翻譯 / English Translation﹕

The temple is well nestled amongst dense bamboo groves,
The evening bells through this quiet realm toll.
Your lotus-leaf hat reflects the setting sun,
Alone you travel further along in the green mountain fold.

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中文原文﹕

白日依山盡，
黃河入海流；
欲窮千里目，
更上一層樓。

英文翻譯 / English Translation﹕

From the pavilion one sees the sun setting behind the mountains,
Unrelentingly towards the sea the Yellow River flows;
In order to see thousands of miles further afield,
To a higher level one must go.

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中文原文﹕

功蓋三分國，
名成八陣圖。
江流石不轉，
遺恨失吞吳。

英文翻譯 / English Translation﹕

Shu's Premier outwitted all in warfare amongst the ancient Three Kingdoms,
His fame lives on along with his Octagonal battle plot.
While the river perpetually gushes through the Octagonal stone setting ,
The regret of an lost opportunity to take over Wu lingers on.

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中文原文﹕

美人卷珠簾，
深坐蹙蛾眉：
但見淚痕濕，
不知心恨誰？

英文翻譯 / English Translation﹕

A beautiful lady has her beaded curtain raised,
Behind which in deep thoughts she sits with her elegantly thin eyebrows distorted;
I can see moist trails of tears from corners of her eyes,
I wonder who it is that she harbours resentment towards?

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中文原文﹕

床前明月光，
疑是地上霜。
舉頭望明月，
低頭思故鄉。

英文翻譯 / English Translation﹕

Before my bed floods moonlight,
It might be frost I thought to myself
I raise my head towards the moon shining ever so bright,
Only to bow to homesickness as I pine.

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中文原文﹕

春眠不覺曉，
處處聞啼鳥。
夜來風雨聲，
花落知多少？

英文翻譯 / English Translation﹕

Spring morning arrives unnoticed in my slumber,
Till I hear birds twittering everywhere.
It springs to mind a storm raged through overnight,
Off it blew how many flowers I wonder?

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中文原文﹕

移舟泊煙渚，
日暮客愁新。
野曠天低樹，
江清月近人。

英文翻譯 / English Translation﹕

I steer my boat towards an isle in the misty river to moor,
As daylight draws to a close, there grows a traveller's gloom.
The wilderness is expansive and over trees the nightfall looms,
The river is clear bringing within reach a reflection of the moon.

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