《憶秦娥 • 龍潭口》納蘭性德 (1655-1685)

山重叠  懸崖一線天疑裂  天疑裂  斷碑題字  古苔横嚙

風聲雷動鳴金鐵  陰森潭底蛟龙龍窟  蛟龍窟  興亡满眼  舊時明月

《Tune: Remembering Qin Maiden•Black Dragon Pool》Nalan Xinde Continue reading →

《獨立》杜甫 (710-770)

空外一鷙鳥   河間雙白鷗   飄颻搏擊便   容易往來遊
草露亦多濕   蛛絲仍未收   天機近人事   獨立萬端憂

《Standing Alone》Du Fu

Up yonder sky an eagle hovers high
Down river two gulls float feathers white
The eagle may swoop down for prey as it pleases
To and fro the pairing gulls swim at ease

Moistened by dew the grass is tangling wet
Looking for prey the spider widens its net
Nature cares for the well beings of everyone
Alone I wish all things are equal as one

《採桑子》納蘭性德

明月多情應笑我  笑我如今  辜負春心  獨自閒行獨自吟
近來怕說當時事  結遍蘭襟  月淺燈深  夢裡雲歸何處尋

《Tune: Gathering Mulberries》Nalan Xinde

The caring moon should laugh at me
Laugh the way that is me
Oblivious of this beautiful spring
Alone I stroll and alone I sing

Reluctant to recall the way we were
Our friendship truthful and adored
The midnight lamp burning deep the moon fading
In my dream I ride on clouds not knowing wherein

『蝶戀花』納蘭性德 (1655-1685)

眼底風光留不住  和暖和香  又上雕鞍去  欲倩煙絲遮別路  垂楊那是相思樹
惆悵玉顏成間阻  何事東風  不作繁華主  斷帶依然留乞句  斑騅一繫無尋處

《Tune: Butterfly loves flowers》Nalan Xingde (1655-1685)

Happy days gone cannot be retained
Warmth and fragrance in harmony gained
They pass away like galloping horses
How I’d like to see you more only blocked by smoke
Also willow branches they are symbols for pinning

It is painful to recall your beautiful face from screens
Why ye east wind
Helps not to bring back fond memories of yore
On your severed belt is written our love verses
Words faded the verses are no more

《琵琶仙: 中秋》納蘭性德

碧海年年   試問取   冰輪為誰圓缺   吹到一片秋香   清輝瞭如雪   愁中看好天良夜   知道盡成悲咽   只影而今   那堪重對   舊時明月

花徑裡   戲捉迷藏   曾惹下蕭蕭井梧葉    記否輕紈小扇   又幾番涼熱   只落得   填膺百感  總茫茫   不關離別   一任紫玉無情   夜寒吹裂

《Tune: Pi Pa Immortals – Mid-Autumn》 Nalan Xingde (1655-1685)

Green clear sky year by year
I ask
For whom the moon crests and fully appears Continue reading →

《馬嵬驛》袁枚 (1716-1797)

莫唱當年長恨歌
人間亦自有銀河
石壕村里夫妻别
淚比長生殿上多

《Beauty Legend》  Yuan Mei (1716-1797)

Sing not the Long Regret Song of days gone
The Milky Way on earth happily lives on
When at an ordinary village man and wife separate
More than in the Palace of Long Life tears are shed

《曲江二首》杜甫(710-770)  

一片花飛減卻春  風飄萬點正愁人
且看欲盡花經眼  莫厭傷多酒入唇
江上小堂巢翡翠  花邊高冢臥麒麟
細推物理須行樂  何用浮名絆此身

朝回日日典春衣  每日江頭盡醉歸
酒債尋常行處有  人生七十古來稀
穿花蛺蝶深深見  點水蜻蜓款款飛
傳語風光共流轉  暫時相賞莫相違

《The Winding River — Two Poems》Du Fu

(I)
A single falling petal has spring spent
Myriad colorful dots in the wind a worrisome man stands
Enjoy the sumptuous beauty as petals fly pass the eye
Spare no grief as you wet your lips with mellow wines Continue reading →

《登樓》杜甫 (710-770)

花近高樓傷客心   萬方多難此登臨
錦江春色來天地   玉壘浮雲變古今

北極朝廷終不改   西山寇盜莫相侵
可憐後主還祠廟   日暮聊為梁父吟

《Atop the Tower》Du Fu (710-770)

Seeing flowers stray around the tower my heart grieves
In the chaos I ascend the tower to view all corners
By the River Jin spring colors burst everywhere seen
Above the Jade Mount clouds change as human affairs had been

Stupor is our government unchanging as the North Star
We must stop the forays of foreign invaders and hold them there
Pity the temple of the Late Emperor Liu
In the evening gloom I sing a threnody whence due

《絕句二首》杜甫 (710-770)

（其一）                                                  （其二）

遲日江山麗  春風花草香                    江碧鳥逾白  山青花欲燃
泥融飛燕子  沙暖睡鴛鴦                    今春看又過  何日是歸年

《Two Quatrains》Du Fu

(I)
Under the late setting sun this landscape is beautiful
Vernal breezes fill the air with sweet vegetation scents plentiful
Swallows build nests carrying mud in tiny beaks
On warm sands mandarin ducks nod too content to speak Continue reading →