白居易詩 英譯__江紹倫

Visiting West Lake in Spring   錢塘湖春行

Lone Hill north looks on the Jia Pavilion east
Beneath low clouds the lake water brims at ease
On the sun-warmed trees orioles compete to trill
With mud in beak to where goes the swallow
Seeing so many flowers my eyes are dazzled
On the short grass soft banks horse hooves show
How can I stroll the east bank enough I love so
Under green willow shades the White Sand Dyke glows


Tune: Eternal Pining
 長相思

As the BianRiver slowly flows
So is the Si River chattily goes
They reach the ancient dock at Gua Zhou
The distant hills in the south mark my sorrows

My longings continue to show
So do my complaints endlessly go
They will cease whence my love returns to me
Now I stand alone on moonlit balcony

憶江南

Recall the South

The wonders of southern country I so highly admire
Dawn by the river bank flower blooms burn like red fire
In spring the river surges water like gleaming sapphire
Can I not pine for the wonderful south I love

 

問劉十九
A Note to Liu Shi Jue

With my new brew mellow green
And my red-clay stove ready to beam
As this evening we will see snow
Would you drink with me to ward off cold

 

《望月有感》  白居易 (722-846)

〈自河南经乱,关内阻饥,兄弟离散,各在一处.因望月有感,聊书所怀,寄上浮梁大兄,于潜七兄,乌江十五兄,兼示符离及下邽弟妹〉

时难年荒世业空  弟兄羁旅各西东  田园寥落干戈后  骨肉流离道路中 

吊影分为千里雁  辞根散作九秋蓬  共看明月应垂泪  一夜乡心五处同 

《To My Brothers While Sharing the Moon》  Bai Ju Yi (722-846) 

At a time of war and famine our family house lies forlorn
Brothers and sisters have freed east or west hearts torn
Gardens and fields lay fallow long after the soldiers gone
Family members strayed on hinder roads drifting on

Memories of dear ones seem like geese lost on long journey
Lineal roots dispersed wide like autumn tumbling weeds
Whence we watch the moon under separate roofs with tears
Though far apart our love for one another will keep us near

《病中》 白居易 (722-846)

交親不要苦相憂  亦擬時時強出游  但有心情何用腳  陸乘肩輿水乘舟

《When Ill》Bai Ju Yi (722-846)

My bosom friends please worry not for me
Even when ill I strive to travel freely
With spirit high I do not rely on my feet
But ride on a carried chair or on a skiff

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