竹帛煙銷帝業虛
關河空鎖祖龍居
坑灰未冷山東亂
劉項原來不讀書
Book Burning Pit Zhang Jie (837 – ?) 江紹倫譯
Smoke of burning classics rise to signal the empire’s fall
Wall gates and rivers fail to guard the imperial dragon hall
Before the burning pit cooled the rebels east of the mountain is gathering speed
The leaders Liu and Xian are not interested to read
Tune: “Hawthorn Fruit” Zhu Shuzhen* (ca. 1135-1180 CE)
Tr. YK Chan 陳耀國譯
去年元夜时， Last year at Lantern Festival night
花市灯如昼。 Flower mart was lit bright as daylight.
月上柳梢头， To willow top the moon rising up
人约黄昏后。 I met my rendezvous after dusk.
今年元夜时， This year at Lantern Festival night
月与灯依旧。 There still are the same old moon and lights.
不见去年人， Last year’s rendezvous not in sight
泪湿春衫袖。 My sleeves soaked wet by tears I fight.
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*一作【宋】欧阳修. Some regard Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072 CE) as the author of this ci.
父耕原上田
子斸山下荒
六月禾未秀
官家已修倉
Peasants (Tang) Nie Yi Zhong (837-884) 江紹倫譯
On the old plain fathers toil
Down hills sons cultivate land into soil
In the sixth moon crops are still in blade
Official granaries are busily made
長憶西湖 盡日憑闌樓上望
三三兩兩釣魚舟 島嶼正清秋
笛聲依約蘆花裏 白鳥成行忽驚起
别來閑整釣魚竿 思入水雲寒
Tune: Wine Spring (Sung) Pan Lang (? -1009) 江紹倫譯
I shall always remember West Lake
Daily I watched leaning on the rails gazing with no break
Fish boats passed by in twos and threes
And islets in clear crisp autumn breezes
From amid the flowery reeds flute songs rose
Startled white birds swiftly took flight in rows
Departed I now repair my fishing rod in my leisure
Lost in thoughts of water and clouds with cool pleasure
The Lane of Mansions (Tang) Liu Yu Xi (772-842) 江紹倫譯
By the Red Bird Bridge wild grass grow
By the Lane of Mansions the sun sets low
Swallows which frequented painted eaves in bygone days
They skim by common people’s dwellings today
Chorus from Verdi’s opera “Nabucco”
“飛翔吧, 游思”(意) 鐵米斯托奇里.苏利拉 譜詞
凡尓第歌剧”納卜扣”的合唱
Performed by the NY Metropolitan Opera Chorus (2001, J. Levine): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BZSqtqr8Qk
Dresden 2001 (G. Sinopoli): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGo8Q4uk7RM&feature=related
Và, pensiero, sull’ali dorate;
và, ti posa sui clivi, sui colli,
ove olezzano tepide e molli
l’aure dolci del suolo natal!del tempo che fu!
Del Giordano le rive saluta,
di Sionne le torri atterrate…
Oh mia patria sì bella e perduta!
Oh membranza sì cara e fatal!
Arpa d’or dei fatidici vati,
perché muta dal salice pendi?
Le memorie nel petto raccendi,
ci favella
O simile di Sòlima ai fati
traggi un suono di crudo lamento,
o t’ispiri il Signore un concento
che ne infonda al patire virtù.
Tr. YK Chan 陈耀国译
飛翔吧, 游思，乘着金翅膀；
去吧，下降斜坡及山丘，
在柔和芬芳的氣息那兒，
是我們的鄉土！
向约旦河两岸致意，
向錫安山的倒塔…
噢，我美好失落了的河山！
噢，摯愛的回憶又是多麼绝望！
先知們的金豎琴，
为甚麼你沉默的掛在柳樹上？
重新激动我們懷中的思念，
再言及过去的时光吧！
毋忘耶路撒冷的命運，
哼吟着悲痛的哀音，
或但愿天父啓示我們
能以堅忍抗拒苦難！
Tune: Revealing Inner Feelings (Tang) Gu Xiong (? – 928) 江紹倫譯
Where were you all night leaving me
Not a word from thee
I kept my chamber closed tight
Eyebrows knit
Till the moon out of sight
How could you not long for me
To this lone quilt I loath
Exchange my heart
For your heart
You may feel for me as I feel for thee
Tune: Riverside Immortals (Tang) Lu Qian Yi 江紹倫譯
Doors heavily locked this deserted garden sits still
Ornate windows face the autumn sky sad and chill
Once gone the royal flag leaves not a trace
Singing in the bower of jade
Gone with the wind its tunes faded
On the Frontier (Tang Dynasty) Zhang Qiao 江紹倫譯
Bugle sounds cut through the austere autumn air
Tired of fighting I lean out in the watch tower for a rest
Whence vernal breezes keep graves green and fair
The white sun sets toward the northwest
The vast desert is free of troops for now
Travellers brave to reach the far frontier
The Barbarian wishes are like rivers in this area
They strive to push down south year after year
Tune: Mountain Hawthron Niu Xi Ji (? – 925) 江紹倫譯
Spring hills are about to rid their misty veil
Brightening sky sees stars small and pale
The waning moon her face in shiny hue
Approaching dawn tears turn to dews
Much has been said
Love relations yet to be set
She turns to emphatically add
Keep this green skirt deep in your mind
Where’er you roam do not leave this love behind