燕子樓 (I)       (唐) 張仲素 (769-819)

樓上殘燈伴曉霜
獨眠人起合歡床
相思一夜情多少
地角天涯未是長

Swallow Pavilion (I)     江紹倫譯

The dying lamp flickers in the frosty dawn
A widow rises from her nuptial bed mourning on and on
How long is her grief through a sleepless night
Longer than the end of land and sky

燕子樓 (II)      (唐) 張仲素 (769-819)

北邙松柏鎖愁煙
燕子樓中思悄然
自埋劍履歌塵散
紅袖香銷已十年

Swallow Pavilion (II)   江紹倫譯

Pines and cedars around his grave stand shrouded in smoke
In the Swallow Pavilion she mourns his death with no hope
Since the burial of his sword and cloak her songs had disappeared
The perfume on her dancing dress has faded for ten years

北邙;  山名，今河南洛陽東北，古貴人塚多在此。

問余何意栖碧山
笑而不答心自閑
桃花流水窅然去
别有天地非人間

Conversation in the Hills       Li Bai (701-762)  江紹倫譯

I dwell in among green hills someone asks why
My mind at ease with a smile I give no reply
To watch the stream carrying peach blossoms pass my window by
This place is too wonderful for man it is a paradise

釣罷歸來不系船
江村月落正堪眠
縱然一夜風吹去
隻在蘆花淺水邊

Village by Riverside    Sikong Shu (720-790)   江紹倫譯

Back from fishing I moor not my boat
‘Tis good time to sleep a low moon my hood
Even if the wind o’ernight blows my craft astray
It’ll be amid the reeds in the shallow waterways

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月皎驚鳥栖不定
更漏将闌  轤轆牽金井
喚起兩眸清炯炯
淚花落枕紅綿冷

執手霜風吹鬓影
去意徘徊  别語愁難聽
樓上闌幹橫鬥柄
露寒人遠雞相應  

Butterflies linger on flowers             Zhou Bang Yan (1056-1121)  江紹倫譯

The nesting birds are unsettling in bright moonlight
The water-clock is about to drip out the night
As the windlass lifts water from the Well of Gold
I wake suddenly to see your staring eyes so bright
Your pillow is wet with tears now cold

I grasp your hands as the frosty breeze lifts your hair in flow
I loath to leave
Fearing to hear you say adieu
When the Plough appears beyond the railing upstairs
I’ll be far from here in the cold of dews
Only the cock’s crow will remain with you

荊溪白石出
天寒紅葉稀
山路元無雨
空翠濕人衣

In the Mountain          Wang Wei (701-761)        江紹倫譯

O’er white pebbles a clear stream glides
E’en in cold days no red leaves are found on hillsides
There is no trace of rain on the hilly paths
My clothes are moistened in the green bath

乘爾亦已久
天寒關塞深
塵中老盡力
歲晚病傷心
毛骨豈殊衆
馴良猶至今
物微意不淺
感動一沈吟
 

To My Ailing Horse   Du Fu (712-770)          江紹倫譯

You have followed my rein for so many years
Through snow and deep mountain passes we cheered
You have always trotted in good form where’er we go
Seeing you ill in your aging days I feel sorrow
Your coat and frame are not different from others your kind
‘Tis your loyalty to me that shines
This little gesture of appreciation is definitely not shallow
I’m moved to sing you my praise from my soul

清秋望不極
迢遞起曾陰
遠水兼天淨
孤城隱霧深
葉稀風更落
山迥日初沈
獨鶴歸何晚
昏鴉已滿林

Watching the Wilderness       Du Fu (712-770)          江紹倫譯

On this autumn day I see a boundless view
Layers of hills and trees loom in vivid hues
At a distance clean are the water and the sky
Hidden in deep mist a lone town stays from behind
Lingering leafs easily fall when swept by winds
Toward the mountain ranges a retiring sun plummets in
Why should a solitary crane returns to its nest late
When black craws have thronged the woods in haste