《夢中作》《紅葉》《坐雨》__ 汪精衛 (1883-1944) 江紹倫英譯

《夢中作 》
朅來荒島上,極目海天明。心與孤帆遠,身如一棹輕。
浪花分日影,石筍咽湍聲。漠漠平煙外,翛然白鷺橫。
〔朅:音怯,句首助詞。 翛:音蕭。翛然:無拘束、超脫貌。〕

《Composed in My Dream》
An Illuminated Horizon — On a Deserted Island
My heart follows the lone sail far
My body at ease as a paddle bar
As froths dance in sunny shadows
An ensamble of rock shoots sing songs of riddles
Where the broad hazy plain meets the sky
A master crane crosses the sphere leisurely by Continue reading →

《鄧尉山探梅口占》《自嘲》__ 汪精衛 (1883 – 1944) __ 江紹倫英譯

Wang_calligraphy《鄧尉山探梅口占》

林外春山斷复延   泮冰池水乍涓涓   人家籬落歌疏處   一樹紅梅分外妍

Spring hills beyond the woods seen and unseen
Icy pond waters dripped in overflow so keen
Where within fences people sang off and on
Red plum blooms filled a tree their brilliance shone

《自嘲》汪精衛 ( 1944年于病榻)

心宇將滅萬事休   天涯無處不怨尤   縱有先輩嘗炎涼   諒無後人續春秋

《Self-deride》

Nothing matters as darkness dims my inner world
Complaints reign throughout our motherland evermore
Our fore-runners bore heat and cold for change in vehement zest
Will  new generations continue their historic cause I dare not guess

《被逮口占 – 1910》汪精衛 (1883 – 1944) __ 江紹倫英譯

《被逮口占 – 1910》  汪精衛 (1883 – 1944)

慷慨歌燕市
從容作楚囚
引刀成一快
不負少年頭

《Imprisoned – 1910》Wang Jingwei (1883-1944)

Loudly I sing in my ancient home town
Mind at ease I don on this prison gown
To the executioner’s swift sharp knife
My youthful head extends my life in strife

《贈孟浩然》李白 (701-762) 江紹倫英譯

LiBai《贈孟浩然》李白 (701-762)

吾愛孟夫子  風流天下聞
紅顏棄軒冕  白首臥松雲
醉月頻中聖  迷花不事君
高山安可仰  徒此揖清芬

《To Meng Haoran》Li Bai

I love Meng the master teacher
A free character people fondly whisper
Putting your official hat away you show a healthy face
Resting your white-hair head among pines in no haste

You honour deserved scholars with filled wine cups in moonshine
Admiring charming flowers you leave serving your King behind
Your virtue is high like mountains too lofty to behold
I offer you my homage in fragrance in bows I show

《渡荊門送別》李白 (701-762) 江紹倫英譯

《渡荊門送別》李白 (701-762)LiBai1

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

《Farewell at the Thorn-gate Gorge》     By Li Bai

Leaving the Thorn Gate far away
My boat pursues an eastward way
Huge plains appear where mountains end
A big river rolls through the boundless land

Under moonshine appears an expanding mirror
Towering clouds roam o’er distant sea a mirage
This my native water my heart holds
Accompanying me ten thousand li away in my boat

《貧女》秦韜玉 (唐)__ 江紹倫英譯

《貧女》秦韜玉 (唐, 生卒年不詳)PoorGirl_1

蓬門未識綺羅香
擬託良媒益自傷
誰愛風流高格調
共憐時世儉梳妝
敢將十指誇鍼巧
不把雙眉鬥畫長
苦恨年年壓金線
為他人作嫁衣裳

《A Girl from Poor Family》 Qin Taoyu

In my humble dwelling I handle silk of the finest quality
The thought of being betrothed a non-entity
Who would admire a free and reserved personality
And care for a person from a simple family
I dare show my extraordinary skills in embroidery
And keep my brows unpainted for natural beauty
Year after year I sew golden threads in exact knitting
To make bridal robes for rich girls in lavish weddings

《寄人》張泌(?842-914) __ 江紹倫英譯

To lover1《寄人》張泌(?842-914)

別夢依依到謝家
小廊回合曲闌斜
多情只有春庭月
猶為離人照落花

《To My Love》   Zhang Bi

I follow you in my dreams where’re you are
The zigzag corridors in your courtyard in my heart here
Impressed with my love for you the moon keeps her shine
To uphold our longing for each other divine

《題大庾嶺北驛》宋之問 (656-712) __ 江紹倫英譯

《At the Post House Up Dayu Ridge》 Song Zhi Wen  (656-712)  Song Zhi Wen

陽月南飛雁 Geese migrate south comes the fall
傳聞至此回 Folks say they will return here one and all
我行殊未已 My journey certain its date unsettled
何日復歸來 Returning home alas a future riddle
江靜潮初落 The river calm its tides ebbed
林昏瘴不開 The woods foggy as the day abate
明朝望鄉處 I shall watch at dawn where my home rests
應見隴頭梅 Wavy mume-blossoms are looking their best

《贺新郎 送胡邦衡待制赴新州》 張元幹 (1091-1170) 江紹倫英譯

《Celebrating with the Bridegroom  Seeing Hu Quan off Banished South》
Zhang Yuan Gan (1091-1170)

夢繞神州路  Haunted by dreams of lost country and shame
悵秋風  Autumn winds complain
連營畫角  Among tents bugles drearily blow
故宮離黍  The palace deserted weeds overgrow
底事昆侖傾砥柱  How could the kingdom fall in a sudden
九地黃流亂注  On nine towns the Yellow River wildly flow
聚萬落千村狐兔  Ten thousand villagers overrun by Jerchen foes
天意從來高難問  This will of heaven we should never question
況人情老易悲如許  Humiliation easily forgotten sadness knows no relief
更南浦  South you go
送君去  I bid you adieu  Continue reading →