早秋驚落葉 飄零似客心
翻飛未肯下 猶言惜故林
Fallen Leaf Kong Shao An (577-?) 江紹倫譯
I try to see leaves twirl in air during early fall
It feels like how a lone traveller roams with no home to call
Every leaf twists and twirls as if unwilling to fall
Lingering to show loyalty to the trees which mothered them all
敕勒川
陰山下
天似穹廬
籠蓋四野
天蒼蒼
野茫茫
風吹草低見牛羊
Shepherd Song Anonymous (Six Dynasty) 江紹倫譯
Along the Li Lei Rill
Beneath the Yin Hill
The firmaments oversee the grassland tranquil
Like a huge cover the sky shield
While land explores earth’s corners unwilling to yield
Blue yonder the sky hovers
Wilderness the land covers
Blows lower all grass so grazing cattle I see
杳杳寒山道 落落冷澗濱
啾啾常有鳥 寂寂更無人
淅淅風吹面 紛紛雪積身
朝朝不見日 歲歲不知春
The Cold Hill Way Han Shen 江紹倫譯
Long long the way to Cold Hill
Inward inward the waterside chill
Chirp chirp I hear many a singing bird
Silent silent no one here to say any word
Crisp crisp winds blow across my face
Flake after flake snow covers my body
I look every morning and see no sun
I search every year meeting no spring
幽意無斷絕 此去隨所偶
晚風吹行舟 花路入溪口
際夜轉西壑 隔山望南斗
潭煙飛溶溶 林月低向後
生事且瀰漫 願為持竿叟
Spring Boating on the Ruoye Stream Qiwu Qian 江紹倫譯
A reclusive life I continue to cherish
Whatever nature provides I’ll flourish
The evening breeze blows my boat ahead with steam
To reach the entrance of the welcoming floral stream
By night we turn west into the vale I well know
From this side of the hill I watch the Dipper agrow
Above the placid pool mist rises behold
The moon hangs high as seen in the forest below
As life proceeds calm and persisting
I am at peace an old man with a fishing rod abiding
慈母手中線 遊子身上衣
臨行密密縫 意恐遲遲歸
誰言寸草心 報得三春暉
A Roamer Sings Meng Jiao（751-814) 江紹倫譯
Needle and thread in mother’s hand
Preparing clothes for a son going to far away land
Sewing stitches quicken as parting draws near
His return may be in delay mother fears
Who says a son’s casual affection
Is adequate in return for Mum’s undivided devotion
瀟湘何事等閒回
水碧沙明兩岸苔
二十五弦彈夜月
不勝清怨卻飛來
《The Returning Geese 》 Qian Qi (722-780) 江紹倫譯
Why leave where you were for here so easily geese
Blue water white sands beneath mossy river banks designed to please
As the River Goddess plays the zither of twenty-five strings this moonlit night
Will you not be touched by the many regrets each string sings nigh
東風夜放花千樹
更吹落 星如雨
寶馬雕車香滿路
鳳簫聲動 玉壺光轉
一夜魚龍舞
蛾兒雪柳黃金縷
笑語盈盈暗香去
眾裡尋他千百度
驀然回首 那人卻在
燈火闌珊處
《Tune: Green Jade Desk – Lantern Festival》 Xin Qi Ji
A thousand trees agrow with flowers and breezes
Everywhere laughter hisses
We bring down stars in a shower
The road fragrant with prized steeds hurrying carved carriages through
The air filled with music vibrating from ringing flutes
Wine jars of jade pour and turn in good mood
Through the night lanterns of fish or dragon danced with the best moves
Wearing blouses embroidered with golden moths and white willow
Delightful maidens sweep by giggling leaving a trail of scent mellow
I looked for my maiden a thousand rounds in the crowd
Whence I turned my head
There she was amid dim lanterns lights subdue
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
怒髮衝冠 憑欄處瀟瀟雨歇
抬望眼 仰天長嘯 壯懷激烈
三十功名塵與土
八千里路雲和月
莫等閒白了少年頭空悲切
靖康恥 猶未雪
臣子恨 何時滅
駕長車踏破賀蘭山缺
壯志飢餐胡虜肉
笑談渴飲匈奴血
待從頭收拾舊山河 朝天闕
《Tune: A River in Red》__ Yue Fei （1103-1141） 江紹倫譯
Wrath stood my hair to throw off my hat
On railings I leaned
Seeing the rain ceased
I raised my eyes high
To the sky I crooned long and high
How my patriotic devotion was denied
To dust and earth my thirty- year achievements in arms have now returned
Together with eighty thousand li of cloud and moon
Youthful wills must not be wasted in greying
Forever regret
Humiliation by a capital in defeat is not yet put at bay
A general’s hate its vengeance must not be delivered in delay
I will ride my chariot again
To break through the He Lan Mountain pass
Let’s realize our aspirations to dine with the enemy’s flesh for meat
With the Hun’s blood we quench our thirsts in laughter and heat
Whence we recover our lost land in our own hands
‘Tis time we face the royal court in army ranks
昨夜寒蛩不住鳴
驚回千里夢 已三更
起來獨自繞階行
人悄悄 簾外月朧明
白首為功名
舊山松竹老 阻歸程
欲將心事付瑤琴
知音少 弦斷有誰聽
《Tune: Manifold Hills》 __ Yue Fei (1103-1141) 江紹倫譯
Incessantly autumn crickets sounded through the night
Breaking my dream a thousand li my home nigh
‘Twas well after midnight
Up alone I paced the yard round and round
Not a soul around
By the window the moon was bright
For glory I paid with hair grey in tow
The bamboos and pines at home must have grown old
Homebound journey is on hold
To my lute I wish to confide what’s in my mind
No Listener
Who would hear broken strings speaking feelings of the mind