夜飲東坡醒复醉
歸來彷彿已三更
家童鼻息已雷鳴
敲門都不應
倚帳聽江聲

長恨此身非我有
何時忘卻營營
夜闌風靜彀紋平
小舟從此逝
江海寄餘生

Returning to Lingao by Night                 Su Shi（1037—1101）   江紹倫譯
Tune: Immortals By the River

Drinking alternating from sober to drunk I mark my name
Returning home ’tis not far from morning
My house boy in slumber continues with his thundering snore
Despite repeated knocks no one answers the door
I turn to the river with my cane to listen to its rhythmic roar

How I regret not being master of my own destiny
Whence could I forget life’s gain and vanity
Night still river ripples calm and soft wind quivers
‘Tis time I ride my skiff free the world my reign
To travel where’er the ocean of life sustain

憑高眺遠    見長空萬里  雲無留迹
桂魄飛來光射處
冷浸一天秋碧

玉宇瓊樓    乘鸞來去
人在清涼閣
江山如畫
望中煙樹歷歷

我醉拍手狂歡
舉杯邀月    對影成三客
起舞徘徊風露下
今夕不知何夕

便欲乘風    翻然歸去
何用騎鵬翼
水晶宮裡    一聲吹斷橫笛

Tune Charm of a Maiden Dancer     Su Shi（1037—1101）江紹倫譯

I stand high on platform to look wide and far
The sky an expense of ten thousand li vast
Clouds left leaving not a strand of white
The moon glints with her soul pure and bright
Water reflects lights gleam back to the sky
The universe agrows with autumn green divine

Palaces and towers of ornaments and carve jade
They come and go carried by legendary crane
He who lives in dwellings of cool simplicity will appreciate
Our motherland picturesque like art in display
Through diligent strif these are seen with no delay

I get drunk and clap my hands in great delight
To the moon I raise my cup to invite
Together with my shadow three good friends we might
We dance and dance till dews alight
Unconcerned till day and year this night

O wind may I ride on your wings
And return home in a wink
Who needs the big bird its wide-spread wings
Inside the crystal palace
A single tune shatters my flute into two pieces

彭城夜宿燕子樓    夢盼盼

明月如霜    好風如水    清景無限
曲港跳魚    圓荷瀉璐    寂寞無人見
紞如三鼓    鏗然一葉    黯黯夢雲驚斷
夜茫茫        重尋無處    覺來小園行遍

天涯倦客    山中歸路    望斷故園心眼
燕子樓空    佳人何在    空鎖樓中燕
古今如夢    何曾夢覺    但有舊歡新怨
異時對        黃樓夜景    為余浩嘆

Dreaming My Lover
Tune: Joy of Eternal Union        Su Shi (1037-1101)      江紹倫譯

The moonlight frost- white
The cool breeze water-like
There’s no extent to this serene night

Fishes leap in the haven
Dews roll from lotus leaves
My loneliness no one sees

‘Tis the third drum deep this night
The drop of a light leaf sounds loud
Awaken my sweet dream gone as a cloud

The night palls boundlessly
Where could you be
I pace the garden aimlessly

I’m but a wanderer in fatigue
Lost in a wayward path in the hilly sea
Looking for home my eyes could not see

Vacant is the Swallow Pavilion here
Where could you be
Why should a swallow be kept in nest unfree

Life is always a dream
One never wake up it seem
‘Tis all a change of past delights to present grief

Whence this yellow dream and dark night should once more appear
Would you hiss a deep sigh for me

黑雲翻墨未遮山
白雨跳珠亂入船
卷地風來忽吹散
望湖樓下水如天

Composed at Lakeview Pavilion When Drunk   Su Shi(1037-1101)       江紹倫譯

Dark clouds like spilled ink veil not every hill
White rains dash into boats like beads randomly drilled
Hurled from the ground a sudden gale dispersed clouds on high
Beneath the Lakeview Pavilion water is same as sky

水光瀲灩晴方好
山色空濛雨亦奇
欲把西湖比西子
淡妝濃抹總相宜 

Drinking By West Lake in Changeable Weather                江紹倫譯

Beaming waves flicker bright under a sunny sky
Colours of hazy mountains create extraordinary scenes to flirt the eye
Should we compare West Lake with Xi Shi the legend beauty
They are equally radiant seen with make-up or presented naturally

赴密州 早行 馬上寄子由

孤館燈青，野店雞號，旅枕夢殘。

漸月華收練，晨霜耿耿，雲山攡錦，朝露漙漙。

世路無窮，勞生有限，似此區區長鮮歡。

微吟罷，憑征鞍無語，往事千端。

當時共客長安，似二陸初來俱少年。

有筆頭千字，胸中萬卷，致君堯舜，此事何難用舍由時，行藏在我，袖手何妨閑看

身長健，但優游卒歲，且鬥樽前。

To My Brother On My Way to Exile           江紹倫譯
Tune: Qin Garden Spring

In this lone inn the lamp burns a dim green
Cock crows are heard too early in morning
Breaking my lingering dream

Quietly the moon recedes its cold rays
Enters the morning frost here to stay
Clouds and hills together weave fine brocades
Morning dews their pearly drops in display

Worldly affairs go on without limit
Man’s toiling lives are but short visits
How I had led a life joyless and oft in defeat

After singing this song
I mount my saddle in silence to go on
Brooding over a thousand past events as I ride along

Remember our days together in the capital
Somewhat like the young Lu brothers in literary fame

On our brush tips essays of a thousand words easily attained
Knowledge in ten thousand volumes within our rein
We advise great emperors in history
With no difficulty
Careers can only advance on the right time
Decisions are mine
Why not stand aside to watch with folding arms how the world goes by

May we keep in good health
To pass our days and years in tranquillity
And don’t forget to keep wine urns empty

一葉舟輕，雙槳鴻驚。水天清、影湛波平。魚翻藻鑒，鷺點煙汀。

過沙溪急，霜溪冷，月溪明。重重似畫，曲曲如屏。

算當年、虛老嚴陵。君臣一夢，今古空名。

但遠山長，雲山亂，曉山青。

Passing Through The Seven-league Shallows          江紹倫譯
Tune: Joy of Union Eternal

 A boat light as a leaf on water glide
Its dipping oars frighten wild geese nearby
With water and sky serene
Clear shadows follow gentle waves green
In and out of water- plants fishes play
An egret dots the misty space in no haste

So I go
On sandy rills rowing bold
On frigid water enduring the cold
On moonlit rivers serene
Every turn presents me with picturesque scenes
Every bent appears a screen

I recall those years past
Empty days spent
In the emperor’s dreams
Then as now
Deeds and fame n’er end up in books of history

Distant hills stay eternal
Cloudy hills in dishevel
Morning hills ever so green

十年生死兩茫茫
不思量  自難忘
千里孤墳  無處話凄涼
縱使相逢應不識
塵滿面  鬢如霜

夜來幽夢忽還鄉
小軒窗  正梳妝
相顧無言  惟有淚千行
料得年年腸斷處
明月夜  短松岡

Remembering my Deceased Wife in Dream        江紹倫譯
To the Tune “Riverside Town”   

Ten years since your death you and I drifted in worlds so vague
Even as I try not to contemplate
Your death I can’t negate
With you in a lonely grave ten thousand li away
To whom could I my grief convey
If we should by chance meet you may know me not
Face dusty
Hair frost-grey

At last in a dream I returned home in haste
Sitting by the little window
You were doing make-up with so much grace
We met with not a single word to say
Only tears rolled a thousand lines astray
I recall I visited your lone grave every year in grief
At moonlit nights
On a short pine rise