水光瀲灩晴方好
山色空濛雨亦奇
欲把西湖比西子
淡妝濃抹總相宜
Drinking By West Lake in Changeable Weather 江紹倫譯
Beaming waves flicker bright under a sunny sky
Colours of hazy mountains create extraordinary scenes to flirt the eye
Should we compare West Lake with Xi Shi the legend beauty
They are equally radiant seen with make-up or presented naturally
赴密州 早行 馬上寄子由
孤館燈青，野店雞號，旅枕夢殘。
漸月華收練，晨霜耿耿，雲山攡錦，朝露漙漙。
世路無窮，勞生有限，似此區區長鮮歡。
微吟罷，憑征鞍無語，往事千端。
當時共客長安，似二陸初來俱少年。
有筆頭千字，胸中萬卷，致君堯舜，此事何難用舍由時，行藏在我，袖手何妨閑看
身長健，但優游卒歲，且鬥樽前。
To My Brother On My Way to Exile 江紹倫譯
Tune: Qin Garden Spring
In this lone inn the lamp burns a dim green
Cock crows are heard too early in morning
Breaking my lingering dream
Quietly the moon recedes its cold rays
Enters the morning frost here to stay
Clouds and hills together weave fine brocades
Morning dews their pearly drops in display
Worldly affairs go on without limit
Man’s toiling lives are but short visits
How I had led a life joyless and oft in defeat
After singing this song
I mount my saddle in silence to go on
Brooding over a thousand past events as I ride along
Remember our days together in the capital
Somewhat like the young Lu brothers in literary fame
On our brush tips essays of a thousand words easily attained
Knowledge in ten thousand volumes within our rein
We advise great emperors in history
With no difficulty
Careers can only advance on the right time
Decisions are mine
Why not stand aside to watch with folding arms how the world goes by
May we keep in good health
To pass our days and years in tranquillity
And don’t forget to keep wine urns empty
一葉舟輕，雙槳鴻驚。水天清、影湛波平。魚翻藻鑒，鷺點煙汀。
過沙溪急，霜溪冷，月溪明。重重似畫，曲曲如屏。
算當年、虛老嚴陵。君臣一夢，今古空名。
但遠山長，雲山亂，曉山青。
Passing Through The Seven-league Shallows 江紹倫譯
Tune: Joy of Union Eternal
A boat light as a leaf on water glide
Its dipping oars frighten wild geese nearby
With water and sky serene
Clear shadows follow gentle waves green
In and out of water- plants fishes play
An egret dots the misty space in no haste
So I go
On sandy rills rowing bold
On frigid water enduring the cold
On moonlit rivers serene
Every turn presents me with picturesque scenes
Every bent appears a screen
I recall those years past
Empty days spent
In the emperor’s dreams
Then as now
Deeds and fame n’er end up in books of history
Distant hills stay eternal
Cloudy hills in dishevel
Morning hills ever so green
塞下秋來風景異
衡陽雁去無留意
四面邊聲連角起
千嶂裏
長煙落日孤城閉
濁酒一杯家萬里
燕然未勒歸無計
羌管悠悠霜滿地
人不寐
將軍白髮征夫淚
Tune: Fisherman’s Pride 江紹倫譯
Autumn scene in the frontier looks extraordinary
Wild geese leave not a day too soon in a hurry
From all four corners bugles repeatedly roar
Walled in by peaks
The town gates are lowered before sun-fall
I hold a cup of unstrained wine knowing home is far away
Short of a clear victory any plan to return home is in sway
On frosty grounds foreign flutes tune only doleful says
No one could sleep
Seeing the general’s hair grey soldiers weep
夢後樓臺高鎖
酒醒簾幕低垂
去年春恨卻來時
落花人獨立
微雨燕雙飛
記得小蘋初見
兩重心字羅衣
琵琶絃上說相思
當時明月在
曾照彩雲歸
Tune: Immortals By the River 江紹倫譯
Awake from my dream I find the tower locked tight
Heavy curtains hang low a sober sight
Whence last year’s spring sorrows visit and grow
Alone I stand amid flower buds unfold
In the drizzle a pair of swallows left leaving no trace to follow
I still remember when I first met lovely Ping
Her silk dress embroidered with two hearts locked in a ring
She played the pipa to sing her love for me
The moon was our witness
She brought home for me a cloud of such brilliance
平岸小橋千嶂抱
揉蘭一水萦花草
茅屋數間窗窈窕
塵不到
時時自有春風掃
午枕覺來聞語鳥
攲眠似聽朝雞早
忽憶故人今總老
貪夢好
茫然忘了邯郸道．
Tune: Fisherman’s Pride 江紹倫譯
Small bridges linking smooth banks on the lap of hills
Sapphire water meanders through floral and grass mazes in a rill
Thatched cots stand around their windows so neat
No dust here
Vernal breezes sweep them away thither and hither
From my noonday noose I wake to hear birds sing
Their chirps loud like cocks crowing the dawn in
I realize in a flash people do pass away when old
‘Tis alright to have dreams to hold
They help me forget that one day I too have to go
爆竹聲中一歲除
春風送暖入屠蘇
千門萬户瞳瞳日
總把新桃換舊符
Lunar New Year’s Day 江紹倫譯
On a sound of firecrackers we bid farewell to the year old
As vernal breezes warm up the Tu Su brew we welcome the new
The sun shines visiting thousands of family doors
Every door displays new couplets to celebrate the new year for all
Tune: Bells Drowned By Rain 江紹倫譯
寒蟬凄切 Cicadas tuned dreary in the cold
對長亭晚 We sojourned at the pavilion till the evening is old
驟雨初歇 Showers over
都門帳飲無緒 Under the city gate we drank in dull mood
留戀處 Lingering
蘭舟催發 Your departing boat tooted
執手相看淚眼 Hand in hand we gazed at each other in teary eyes
竟無語凝噎 With congealed sobs words come not to say good bye
念去去 Ahead as you go
千里烟波 A thousand li of waves and mist lie
暮靄沉沉楚天闊 Clouds are heavy in the boundless southern sky
多情自古傷離别 Those deep in love must suffer parting sorrow since days of old
更那堪冷落清秋節 Especially parting in the autumn cold
今宵酒醒何處 Where will I be after tonight when becoming sober
楊柳岸 On banks of willows
曉風残月 Moon resigning in day-break breezes
此去經年 With you away for years
應是良辰好景虚設 All bright days and pleasing scenery here will exist in vain
便縱有千種風情 If I should ever coquette in a thousand ways
更與何人說 To whom should I show my feelings anyway
佇倚危樓風细细
望極春愁
黯黯生天際
草色烟光残照里
無言誰會憑闌意。
擬把疏狂圖一醉
對酒當歌
强樂還無味
衣带漸寬終不悔
為伊消得人憔悴
Tune: Phoenix Perch on Parasol 江紹倫譯
I stand alone on the balcony in light breeze
To confront spring sorrows
Parting grief loom in the horizon a dark gleam
At sunset smoke rises where grass is green
With no word to tell who would know why on these rails I lean
‘Tis my intend to dare getting drunk in a wink
For cups of wine I sing
Strained mirth will relief not bring
I regret not my waist-band loosens as it must be
Languish I accept when it comes to loving thee
對瀟瀟暮雨灑江天 一番洗清秋
漸霜風凄緊 關河冷落 殘照當樓
是處紅衰綠減 苒苒物華休 惟有長江水 無語東流
不忍登高臨遠 望故鄉渺邈 歸思難收
嘆年來蹤跡 何事苦淹留
想佳人 妝樓顒望 誤幾回 天際識歸舟
爭知我 倚闌干處 正恁凝愁
Tune: Eight Beats From Ganzhou Music 江紹倫譯
Against the incessant late showers river and sky stand
Awashed instantly autumn looks new again
Gradually fierce gales blow dreary and chill
Few souls stay by the hill or rill
In my lonely lodge only fading sunlight remains still
All vegetations green or red have withered
No more splendour
Only currents of the Yangtzi River
Flow steadily east silent as ever
I dare not ascend high to look far and around
In search of my native land lost where to be found
Homesickness abound
To my roving I sigh
Lingering here and there I know not why
My beloved must be watching from her bower with longing eyes
How oft had she mistaken a returning boat on horizon to be mine
Little would she know
I am also watching from this balcony rail
Pinning for her my heart frozen in sorrow