菩薩蠻 – 韋莊 (836-910) 

人人盡說江南好
遊人只合江南老
春水碧於天
畫船聽雨眠

壚邊人似月
皓腕凝霜雪
未老莫還鄉
還鄉須斷腸

Tune: Buddhist Dancers – Wei Zhuang (836-910)  江紹倫譯

They all say how beautiful is southern land
Wanderers like to stay there till lives end
Water in spring green as the sky
On painted boats one sits to listen the rain

Tavern attendants are beautiful as the moon
Their arms white frosty as snow
Do not return home north before you grow old
To leave for home will be heartbreak for sure

《金凌圖 》 — 韋莊(836-910)

江雨霏霏江草齊
六朝如夢鳥空啼
無情最是臺城柳
依舊煙籠十里堤

《The Ancient Capital 》 Wei Zhuang (836-910)  江紹倫譯

The river in drizzles its banks covered with grass so green
The Six Dynasties gone no bird’s cry would again win
Willows unfeeling stand on guard for all portals
They loom like mist adorning the Capital

长洪斗落生跳波     轻舟南下如投梭    水师绝叫凫雁起     乱石一线争磋磨
有如兔走鹰隼落     骏马下注千丈坡    断弦离柱箭脱手     飞电过隙珠翻荷
四山眩转风掠耳     但见流沫生千涡    险中得乐虽一快     何异水伯夸秋河
我生乘化日夜逝     坐觉一念逾新罗    纷纷争夺醉梦里     岂信荆棘埋铜驼
觉来俯仰失千劫     回视此水殊委蛇    君看岸边苍石上     古来篙眼如蜂窠
但应此心无所住     造物虽驶如余何    回船上马各归去     多言哓哓师所呵

Hundred Pace Rapids__Su Shi (1037-1101)      江紹倫譯

Waves leap stirred up by the long rapids steeply fall
On the river a skiff glides southward like a shooting ball
Water birds take fright startled by boatmen calls
Through scattered rocks it sails straight forward evermore
Like darting hares and wing-spread eagles sour
Like wild horses race downhill its slope freely fall
Like a lute string snaps and an arrow out of the bow
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