今朝郡齋冷  忽念山中客
澗底束荊薪  歸來煮白石
欲持一瓢酒  遠慰風雨夕
落葉滿空山  何處尋行跡

To my Friend the Taoist Hermit       Wei Yin Wu（737－792）江紹倫譯

‘Tis so cold in my study this morn
I think of you living deep in the mount
Gathering dry twigs from the river bed
I boil white pebbles for soup and dine so glad
A gourd of my best brew for you I wish to deliver
In this rainy cold eve so we may share together
Fallen leaves have the hills covered slope to slope
Where could I find traces of you to fulfil this hope

獨坐幽篁裡  彈琴复長嘯
深林人不知  明月來相照

A Cot on Bamboo Hill            Wang Wei(701-761)        江紹倫譯

I sat alone in a bamboo grove
Playing the lute I croon having nothing to prove
Here in the deep wood no one knows me
The moon my friend cares to shine on me

君自故鄉來  應知故鄉事
來日綺窗前  寒梅著花未

A Recontre     Wang Wei（698－756）江紹倫譯

Since you just came from my native land
I wonder if you hold large and small events in hand
Whence you passed by the window of my home
Was the winter plum already in bloom

寒雨連江夜入吳    平明送客楚山孤
洛陽親友如相問    一片冰心在玉壺

Adieu Xin Jian            Wang Chang Ling（698－756）江紹倫譯

You and I arrived at City Wu in cold rain last evening
By the solitary Chu Mountain I bid you farewell this morning
If my kins in the Capital should inquire about my well being
Tell them my mind is cool as ice in a wine jar made of jade

秦時明月漢時關    萬里長征人未還
但使龍城飛將在    不教胡馬度陰山

On the Frontier          Wang Chang Ling (698－756）江紹倫譯

The moon of the Chin Dynasty now shines on the gates of Han
Guarding the Great Wall a thousand li many warriors are no longer around
Were the Speedy General of Dragon City still abound
No Tartar steed would be allowed this side of Yin Shen

的歷流光小   飄颻弱翅輕
恐畏無人識   獨自暗中明

Firefly             Yu Shi Nan (558-635)             江紹倫譯

You shed a tiny trickling light
With wings weak and thin you fly
Wishing your identity to be known
You gleam in darkness even when alone

垂釣綠灣春  春深杏花亂
潭清疑水淺  荷動知魚散
日暮待情人  維舟綠楊岸

Fishing Bay                Chu Guang Xi (707-760)          江紹倫譯

I fish at Green Bay on a fine spring day
Apricots blossom wild on these late spring days
Seeing water clear I suspect the pool to be shallow
Watching moves of lotus plants I know where fishes go
I wait for my lover to appear when the sun sets low
And moor my boat on a bank of green willows

早秋驚落葉    飄零似客心
翻飛未肯下    猶言惜故林

Fallen Leaf     Kong Shao An (577-?) 江紹倫譯

I try to see leaves twirl in air during early fall
It feels like how a lone traveller roams with no home to call
Every leaf twists and twirls as if unwilling to fall
Lingering to show loyalty to the trees which mothered them all

杳杳寒山道  落落冷澗濱
啾啾常有鳥  寂寂更無人
淅淅風吹面  紛紛雪積身
朝朝不見日  歲歲不知春

The Cold Hill Way     Han Shen         江紹倫譯

Long long the way to Cold Hill
Inward inward the waterside chill
Chirp chirp I hear many a singing bird
Silent silent no one here to say any word
Crisp crisp winds blow across my face
Flake after flake snow covers my body
I look every morning and see no sun
I search every year meeting no spring