Author: Thomas

中文原文﹕

涼風起天末，
君子意如何？
鴻雁幾時到？
江湖秋水多。
文章憎命達，
魑魅喜人過。
應共冤魂語，
投詩贈汨羅。

英文翻譯 / English Translation﹕

The northerlies bring chills from the edge of the sky yonder,
I wonder what is on you mind?
When could wild geese bring me letters from you,
I suppose they are held back by rivers and lakes high with autumn tides.
A smooth life offers little drive for those honing their literary works,
Where you are posted are the land of ghosts and spirits hoping to encounter human lives.
Perhaps you should the wronged spirit of Qu Yuan converse with,
And offer the Miluo River a poem or two as a tribute to him, a sacrifice.

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中文原文﹕

戍鼓斷人行，
秋邊一雁聲。
露從今夜白，
月是故鄉明。
有弟皆分散，
無家問死生。
寄書長不達，
況乃未休兵。

英文翻譯 / English Translation﹕

Gongs from the watch tower resonates on empty streets,
A call from a wild goose shriek across autumn skies.
Tonight sees dew turns to frost,
Home is where the moon always brighter shines.
I have lost touch with both my younger brothers,
Broken up is our family, unknown to me is whether they are dead or alive.
I have been writing letters though they seldom managed to destinations reach,
Besides, the military upheaval has not yet ceased fire.

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中文原文﹕

此道昔歸順，
西郊胡正繁。
至今殘破膽，
應有未招魂。
近得歸京邑，
移官豈至尊？
無才日衰老，
駐馬望千門。

英文翻譯 / English Translation﹕

Down this avenue the Hun used to travel to their allegiance pledge and tribute pay,
Today in the western outskirts of the capital the Hun heavily populate.
Fragile and easily frightened I have become,
My soul remains lacking of spirit that has been scared away.
It was only recently that I could to the capital return,
Is it really the esteemed emperor's will to have me posted away?
I suppose talent I have not yet growing senile I am by the day,
I cannot help but hold my horse to turn around for another look of the main palace gate.

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中文原文﹕

花隱掖垣暮，
啾啾棲鳥過。
星臨萬戶動，
月傍九霄多。
不寢聽金鑰，
因風想玉珂。
明朝有封事，
數問夜如何。

英文翻譯 / English Translation﹕

Within the walls of the Division blossoms shadow one another in twilight,
Chirping on their way through are birds on their way home.
As stars ascend, lights by the main palace gate vividly glisten,
The moon rises high up in the sky shining on all.
I cannot sleep as I listen attentively for the turn of the golden gate lock,
A breeze reminds me of the seashell wind chimes over the portals.
In the morning I'm about to a sealed report submit,
In the meantime I cannot help but ask for the time every so often.

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中文原文﹕

國破山河在，
城春草木深。
感時花濺淚，
恨別鳥驚心。
烽火連三月，
家書抵萬金。
白頭搔更短，
渾欲不勝簪。

英文翻譯 / English Translation﹕

The nation is in sunder, yet mountains and rivers still their stances hold and courses run,
Spring has come to Changan overgrown with unruly grass and trees.
Current affairs have me deep in sentiments, and tears overcome me at the sight of flowers,
Detesting separation from family so much, even the twitter of birds frightens me.
Military unrest has been continuing for months on end,
More valuable than tons of gold is a letter from family and kin.
My hair has greyed and grown thin,
There remains almost too little for the use of a hairpin.

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中文原文﹕

今夜鄜州月，
閨中只獨看。
遙憐小兒女，
未解憶長安。
香霧雲鬟濕，
清輝玉臂寒。
何時倚虛幌，
雙照淚痕乾。

英文翻譯 / English Translation﹕

Back in Fuzhou, at tonight's moon
Alone in her chamber gazes my wife.
I miss my children from a distance,
I've run aground in Changan yet they may be too young to my presence pine.
My wife may have gathered mist in her hair as she by the window yearn,
Her arms may feel the cold of moonshine.
I wonder when we shall be together again to the window curtains lean against,
To let the moon shine on our tears till their trails are dry.

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中文原文﹕

牛渚西江夜，
青天無片雲；
登舟望秋月，
空憶謝將軍。
余亦能高詠，
斯人不可聞。
明朝挂帆席，
楓葉落紛紛。

英文翻譯 / English Translation﹕

On a night here by Mount Niuzhu on the western shore of the Yangtze,
There is not a cloud in the deep blue sky.
On board a boat gazing at the autumn moon,
I think of General Xie who here by chance a gifted scholar's worth recognised,
I am well versed in the literary,
Yet I've met no one of his like.
Tomorrow morn shall see me fill the sail,
As falling maple leaves scatter in the wind drifting by.

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中文原文﹕

蜀僧抱綠綺，
西下峨眉峰；
為我一揮手，
如聽萬壑松。
客心洗流水，
餘響入霜鐘。
不覺碧山暮，
秋雲暗幾重？

英文翻譯 / English Translation﹕

A Shu Monk holding a cittern of silky smooth timbre,
Comes down the west side of the Emei Peak.
He plays for me,
I hear what seems like a sonata of rustling pines in tens of thousands of ravines.
It is as if there was cleansing spring water running through my mind,
Fused with bell toll, the tune lingers on in my ears.
Before I know it, the blue mountains have dusky become,
I wonder if the weathered clouds a few shades dimmer feel?

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中文原文﹕

青山橫北郭，
白水繞東城。
此地一為別，
孤蓬萬里征。
浮雲游子意，
落日故人情。
揮手自茲去，
蕭蕭班馬鳴。

英文翻譯 / English Translation﹕

Blue mountains traverse the landscape to the north of town,
A stretch of white water winds around the town's east.
Here we are bidding farewell,
From here on you are like a lone dandelion on a ten-thousand-mile journey.
A traveller like you roams like floating clouds,
Like the declining sun must set you must leave.
We wave at each other and off you go,
There goes a neighing horse separated from its pack, neighing its grief.

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中文原文﹕

渡遠荊門外，
來從楚國遊。
山隨平野盡，
江入大荒流。
月下飛天鏡，
雲生結海樓。
仍憐故鄉水，
萬里送行舟。

英文翻譯 / English Translation﹕

Having fared forth leaving the Jingmen Mountains far behind,
We have sailed into the region of Chu to roam its landscape.
Mountain scenes give place to open country and plains,
Waters of creeks and streams aggregate into a river of full spate.
The moon casts on the waters a reflection of a heavenly mirage,
In the sky at dawn, clouds gather to build a castle in the air.
How I cherish the waters from home,
That have carried our boat thousands of miles far and away.

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