杜牧 (803-852)__山行

远上寒山石径斜  白云生处有人家
停车坐爱枫林晚  霜叶红于二月花 

Du Mu (803-852)
A walk on the hill    江紹倫譯

Far up the rocky path the mountain air is chilly
Where the clouds dwell cots and bowers perch freely
I sat on my cap to enjoy maple trees bathing in the sun
Their frosted leaves crimson are brighter than blooms in early spring

杜牧 (803-852)__清明

清明时节雨纷纷  路上行人欲断魂
借问酒家何处有  牧童遥指杏花村 

Du Mu (803-852)
Qing Ming Festival         江紹倫譯

Qing Ming day for remembering ancestors is marked by drizzles
Visitors struggle on roads to graveyards their hearts fissure
Where could I find a tavern to drown out this sad hour
A cowherd points to a village beyond the apricot flowers

杜牧 (803-852)  遣怀

落魄江湖载酒行  楚腰纤细掌中轻
十年一觉扬州梦  赢得青楼薄幸名

Du Mu (803-852)
Confession     江紹倫譯

Roving in rivers and lakes I indulge in pleasure and wine
Slender southern girls dance their hips in my hand fine
Awoke from a ten-year dream of roving life
I earned the name of a fickle lover among green mansions

晚來一陣風兼雨  洗盡炎光
理罷笙簧  卻對菱花淡淡妝

絳綃縷薄冰肌瑩  雪膩酥香
笑語檀郎  今夜紗櫥枕簟涼

Tune: Picking Mulberries   Li Qing Zhao (1084-1155)  江紹倫譯

A gust of wind and rain windup the lingering day
Washing the summer heat away
Her Sheng performance elicits music with such grace
Then beautifies her face light with not a makeup trace

Under a rosy thin dress her crystal-white skin is seen
Radiating an icy fragrance intimating hints
She whispers to her lover beaming with delight
The mat and pillow will be cool tonight

訴衷情  (宋·陆游宋)·陸游 (1125-1210) 

當年萬里覓封候   匹馬戍梁州   關河夢斷何處  塵暗舊貂裘
胡未滅  鬢先秋  淚空流   此生誰料  心在天山  身老滄洲 

Tune:   Of Innermost Feelings   Lu You (1125-1210) 江紹倫譯

Alone I rode ten thousand li so long ago
To the call in arms at frontier Leung Zhou
Now in fading dreams I know not where to go
My cavalier coat of sable worn and old

The invaders not defeated yet
My autumn hair no longer black
Tears shed in vain
Who could expect in this my life
My heart still focusing on mountain-high aim
My ailing body is but a mortal frame

僵臥孤村不自哀
尚思為國戍輪台
夜闌臥聽風吹雨
鐵馬冰河入夢來

During a Storm in the Eleventh Moon__ Lu You (1125-1210) 江紹倫譯

I grieved not lying forlorn in a village hut
Plans to reclaim our lost frontier loomed in my heart
Listening to how stormy winds hurry the pouring rain
I dreamed how our steely steeds braved the frozen river on free rein

夜行黃沙道中

明月別枝驚鵲  清風半夜鳴蟬  稻花香裏說豐年  聽取蛙聲一片
七八個星天外  兩三點雨山前  舊時茅店社林邊  路轉溪橋忽見

Tune: Moon Over West River  辛棄疾(1140-1207) 江紹倫譯
(On my way home through the Yellow Sand Ridge)

My presence startled magpies leaving the moon-lit trees
Cicadas shrill at midnight in the gentle breeze
The sweet fragrance in the rice fields promises a bumper year
In celebration frogs croak their chorus I happily hear

High in the sky seven or eight stars twinkle
This side of the hill two or three raindrops sprinkle
I recall a small tavern near the village woods
There it appears where the path leads to the bridge over the brook

為陳同甫賦壯詞以寄之

醉裡挑燈看劍  夢迴吹角連營  八百里分麾下炙  五十弦翻塞外聲  沙場秋點兵
馬作的盧飛快  弓如霹靂弦驚  了卻君王天下事  贏得生前身後名  可憐白髮生

Tune: Dance of Cavalry  Xin Qi Ji (1140-1207) 江紹倫譯
(In response to Chen Liang)

Drunken we till lamps bright to check our resting glaives
Bugles reverberate from tent to tent in our dreams
Our warriors ate beef grilled on hot sand in banner shades
They sent martial airs beyond the frontier by fifty strings
‘Twas an autumn maneuver in combat exercise

Gallant steeds galloping at top speed
Our bows twanged in thundering heat
We recovered lost sovereign land for empire glory
And won fame for ourselves in life as in death
Grey hair ours to keep