幽意無斷絕  此去隨所偶
晚風吹行舟  花路入溪口
際夜轉西壑  隔山望南斗
潭煙飛溶溶  林月低向後
生事且瀰漫  願為持竿叟

Spring Boating on the Ruoye Stream           Qiwu Qian        江紹倫譯

A reclusive life I continue to cherish
Whatever nature provides I’ll flourish
The evening breeze blows my boat ahead with steam
To reach the entrance of the welcoming floral stream
By night we turn west into the vale I well know
From this side of the hill I watch the Dipper agrow
Above the placid pool mist rises behold
The moon hangs high as seen in the forest below
As life proceeds calm and persisting
I am at peace an old man with a fishing rod abiding

慈母手中線     遊子身上衣
臨行密密縫     意恐遲遲歸
誰言寸草心     報得三春暉 

A Roamer Sings         Meng Jiao（751-814)            江紹倫譯

Needle and thread in mother’s hand
Preparing clothes for a son going to far away land
Sewing stitches quicken as parting draws near
His return may be in delay mother fears
Who says a son’s casual affection
Is adequate in return for Mum’s undivided devotion

瀟湘何事等閒回
水碧沙明兩岸苔
二十五弦彈夜月
不勝清怨卻飛來

《The Returning Geese 》           Qian Qi (722-780)                   江紹倫譯

Why leave where you were for here so easily geese
Blue water white sands beneath mossy river banks designed to please
As the River Goddess plays the zither of twenty-five strings this moonlit night
Will you not be touched by the many regrets each string sings nigh

彭城夜宿燕子樓    夢盼盼

明月如霜    好風如水    清景無限
曲港跳魚    圓荷瀉璐    寂寞無人見
紞如三鼓    鏗然一葉    黯黯夢雲驚斷
夜茫茫        重尋無處    覺來小園行遍

天涯倦客    山中歸路    望斷故園心眼
燕子樓空    佳人何在    空鎖樓中燕
古今如夢    何曾夢覺    但有舊歡新怨
異時對        黃樓夜景    為余浩嘆

Dreaming My Lover
Tune: Joy of Eternal Union        Su Shi (1037-1101)      江紹倫譯

The moonlight frost- white
The cool breeze water-like
There’s no extent to this serene night

Fishes leap in the haven
Dews roll from lotus leaves
My loneliness no one sees

‘Tis the third drum deep this night
The drop of a light leaf sounds loud
Awaken my sweet dream gone as a cloud

The night palls boundlessly
Where could you be
I pace the garden aimlessly

I’m but a wanderer in fatigue
Lost in a wayward path in the hilly sea
Looking for home my eyes could not see

Vacant is the Swallow Pavilion here
Where could you be
Why should a swallow be kept in nest unfree

Life is always a dream
One never wake up it seem
‘Tis all a change of past delights to present grief

Whence this yellow dream and dark night should once more appear
Would you hiss a deep sigh for me

昨夜寒蛩不住鳴
驚回千里夢  已三更
起來獨自繞階行
人悄悄      簾外月朧明

白首為功名
舊山松竹老  阻歸程
欲將心事付瑤琴
知音少      弦斷有誰聽

《Tune: Manifold Hills》 __ Yue Fei (1103-1141)   江紹倫譯

Incessantly autumn crickets sounded through the night
Breaking my dream a thousand li my home nigh
‘Twas well after midnight
Up alone I paced the yard round and round
Not a soul around
By the window the moon was bright

For glory I paid with hair grey in tow
The bamboos and pines at home must have grown old
Homebound journey is on hold
To my lute I wish to confide what’s in my mind
No Listener
Who would hear broken strings speaking feelings of the mind

力拔山兮氣蓋世
時不利兮騅不逝
騅不逝兮可奈何
虞兮虞兮奈若何

Final Song       Xiang Yu (232-202 BC)          江紹倫譯

My will transcend I can pull up a mountain with my might
When fortune wanes even my steed refuses to fight
I care not if the steed is afraid to die
My love I do care if you know my mind

車轔轔
馬蕭蕭
行人弓箭各在腰
耶娘妻子走相送   塵埃不見咸陽橋
牽衣頓足攔道哭   哭聲直上乾雲霄
道旁過者問行人   行人但云點行頻
或從十五北防河   便至四十西營田

The Conscript March (selected part)  Du Fu (712-770)          江紹倫譯

Chariots rumble rumble
Horses grumble grumble
The conscripts march to the front to fight with arrow and bow
Parents and wives run along to say goodbye
Dust from their running blind the Senyuen Bridge out right
They wail and stamp their feet trying to halt the onward march
Their heart-rending cries strike even clouds which leave fast
A passer-by inquires what is happening
Conscripts reply that draft orders will be continuously in
Fifteen-year-olds are sent to guard the northern shore
By age forty they will be compelled to farm the wilderness on tour

岱宗夫如何 齊魯青未了
造化鐘神秀 陰陽割昏曉

盪胸生層雲 決眥入歸鳥
會當凌絕頂 一覽眾山小

Mt Tai Peak               Tu Fu (712-770)               江紹倫譯

A supreme peak you loom
Your greens sprawl over the states of Chi and Lu
You are the wonder of Nature’s feat so fine
Wielding ying and yang you have night and day defined

On your lap layers of clouds glide
Birds fly by you seen only with strained eyes
To ascend to your very top I must try
All other peaks will stand beneath feet of mine