竹枝詞二首（唐）劉禹錫
Two Bamboo Poems
by Liu Yuxi of Tang Dynasty

山桃紅花滿上頭，蜀江春水拍山流。花紅易衰似郎意，水流無限似儂愁。

Red peach blossoms grow all over the mountain top;
Spring water in Shu River flows down, lapping hillsides.
The blossoms in red wither easily like the love of my boy;
The water flows without an end like my sorrow.

楊柳青青江水平，聞郎江上踏歌聲。東邊日出西邊雨，道是無晴卻有晴。

The willow is green and the river water is smooth;
I hear my boy singing and tramping1 by the river.
There’s sunshine at east side and rain at west side.
If say there’s cloud, there’s no cloud.
(or "If say it's fine, it's not fine.")

自遣（唐）羅隱

得即高歌失即休，多愁多恨亦悠悠。今朝有酒今朝醉，明日愁來明日愁。

Self Solace
by Lu Yin of Tang Dynsasty

Sing aloud in gain and stop in loss
Much grief, much regret, but care not.
If having wine today, get drunk today;
If grief comes tomorrow, then grieve tomorrow.

勵學篇（宋）真宗

富家不用買良田，書中自有千鍾粟。安居不用架高樓，書中自有黃金屋。
娶妻莫恨無良媒，書中自有顏如玉。出門莫恨無人隨，書中車馬多如簇。
男兒欲遂平生志，五經勤向窗前讀。

Encourage to Study
by Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty

Rich families don’t need to buy fertile fields;
There are a thousand bushels of millet in books.
Don’t need to build high towers for cozy living;
There are houses of gold in books.
Don’t regret there’s no matchmaker for marrying a wife;
There are fairs with jade-white cheeks in books.
Don’t regret there’s no servant to follow you when going out;
There are groups of coaches and horses in books.
If a man wants to achieve what he wishes,
Read the five sutras in front of the window.

梅花（宋）林逋

眾芳搖落獨鮮妍﹐占斷風情向小園。疏影橫斜水清淺﹐暗香浮動月黃昏。
霜禽欲下先偷眼﹐粉蜨如知合斷魂。幸有微吟可相狎﹐不須檀板共金樽。

Plum Blossom
by Lin Bu of Song Dynasty

It blooms magnificently alone when all other flowers fall,
And has all beauties to itself in the small garden.
Its sparse shadows stretch crosswise over clear shallow water;
Its faint aroma floats under the moon in twilight.
Birds in frost1, if wishing to fly down, will steal a glance first;
White butterflies, if knowing, will be transported.
Luckily, it has me the chanting poet to befriend,
No need for percussion instrument and golden cups.

玉樓春（宋）晏殊

綠楊芳草長亭路，年少拋人容易去。樓頭殘夢五更鐘，花低離情三月雨。
無情不似多情苦，一寸還成千萬縷。天涯地角有窮時，只有相思無盡處。

Spring in Jade Tower
by Yan Shu of Song Dynasty

Green poplar, scented grass, and road by the arbor;
It’s easy for young men to leave people behind.
The dream’s broken at the dawn bell in my tower;
Flowers lower with parting feeling in the rain of March.
It’s unlikely to be so bitter without feeling as with feeling;
An inch of it can turn to be thousands of threads.
Edge of heaven and corners of earth have an end,
But lovesickness is without edge and end.

題西林壁（宋）蘇軾

橫看成嶺側成峰， 遠近高低各不同。 不識廬山真面目， 只緣身在此山中。

Written on Cliff of West Forest
by Su Shi of Song Dynasty

Looking like a ridge transversely, and a peak laterally
The view's different from far or near, from high or low
I don't know what it really looks like
'Cause I am within the range of Mount Lu.

惠崇春江曉景（宋）蘇軾

竹外桃花三兩枝，春江水暖鴨先知。蔞蒿滿地蘆芽短，正是河豚欲上時。

Morning Scene on Spring River in Huichong
by Su Shi of Song Dynasty

Two or three boughs of peach blooms beyond bamboo grove;
When the water in spring river gets warm, ducks first know.
Mugwort’s all over the ground and reed buds short;
It’s the right time for globefish to be in the market.

海外逸士把“重”译成dense，我觉得联系上下文，“重”应该是Zhong的意思，因为上文是“晓看红湿处”，所以理解为一夜春雨后的花朵看上去沉甸甸的，故此，我认为“The flowers in Chengdu, weighed down with rain”比较忠于原诗。

Happy for Raining in Spring Night
by Du Fu of Tang Dynasty

Good Rain knows the time,
And so comes in spring.
It falls stealthily at night with the wind,
And soaks everything noiselessly.
Wild paths and clouds are both dark;
Only a lamp’s light in a boat on the river.
When looking at where’s red and damp at dawn,
Flowers so dense in the city of Jin Guan.

春夜喜雨
Delighting in Rain on a Spring Night / translated by Brendan O‘Kane

杜甫
Dù Fǔ

好雨知时节，
A good rain knows its proper time;
当春乃发生。
It waits until the Spring to fall.
随风潜入夜，
It drifts in on the wind, steals in by night,
润物细无声。
Its fine drops drench, yet make no sound at all.
野径云俱黑，
The paths between the fields are cloaked with clouds;
江船火独明。
A river-skiff’s lone light still burns.
晓看红湿处，
Come dawn, we’ll see splashes of wet red –
花重锦官城
The flowers in Chengdu*, weighed down with rain.

再来一个：虽然韵重了些，但我觉得这首译得最有诗味

Welcome Rain in a Spring Night (Du Fu, 712-770 AD, China)

Good rain is coming to our delight.
Its early-spring timing is perfectly right.
With wind it drifts in all through the night.
Silently it's drenching everything in sight.
Clouds and ranches are black without moonlight.
Riverboat torches project the only light.
The wet red patches in Chengdu's twilight
Are flower branches, heavier but bright.

蕭先生譯得很好。謝謝。

海棠（宋）蘇軾

東風嫋嫋泛崇光﹐香霧空濛月轉廊。只恐夜深花睡去﹐故燒高燭照紅粧。

Chinese Crabapple
by Su Shi of Song Dynasty

Light hue reflected in gentle east breezes;
Scented mists pervade, moonbeams move round the porch.
Being afraid the flower will fall asleep in dead night,
So burning a tall candle to shine over its red dress.

花影（宋）蘇軾

重重疊疊上瑤臺﹐幾度呼童掃不開。剛被太陽收拾去﹐卻教明月送將來。

Shadow of Flowers
by Su Shi of Song Dynasty

Shadow overlapping shadow on the jade terrace;
Several times I call my page to sweep it away, but in vain.
It was just taken away by the setting sun,
But is sent here again by the bright moon.

六月二十七日望湖樓醉書（宋）蘇軾

黑雲翻墨未遮山，白雨跳珠亂入船； 卷地風來忽吹散，望湖樓下水如天。

Writing When Drunk in Watch-Lake Tower on 27th Date of 6th Moon
by Su Shi of Song Dynasty

Black clouds like ink spilt can’t shut out mountains;
White raindrops like pearls leap into my boat pell-mell.
Winds come suddenly, rising from ground, dispersing clouds;
And water below Watch-Lake Tower looks blue like the sky.

洗兒（宋）蘇軾

人皆養子望聰明，我被聰明誤一生。惟願孩兒愚且魯，無災無難到公卿。

Baby Bathing
by Su Shi of Song Dynasty

Everyone wishes that their sons are clever;
But I make mistakes all my life, though wise.
I wish my baby is dull and stupid,
And lives to be a duke without misfortunes.

贈劉景文（宋）蘇軾

荷盡已無擎雨蓋，菊殘猶有傲霜枝。一年好景君須記，最是橙黃橘綠時。

Poem to Liu Jingwen
by Su Shi of Song Dynasty

Lotus all gone, no more umbrella-like rain-holding leaves;
Daisy fading, but still has its stem haughty against frost.
You must remember the best time in the year
Is when the citrus gets yellow and orange green.

和子由澠池懷舊（宋）蘇軾

人生到處知何似，應似飛鴻踏雪泥。泥上偶然留指爪，鴻飛那復計東西。
老僧已死成新塔，壞壁無由見舊題。往日崎嶇還記否，路長人困蹇驢嘶。

Write to the Rhyme1 of “Reminiscence of Minchi” by Ziyou2
by Su Shi of Song Dynasty

What is human life like everywhere?
It’s like a wild goose treading on the snowy earth,
That left its clawprints on earth by accident,
And flew away, not caring to east or west.
An old monk dies and a new pagoda set up3;
The old writing can’t be seen on the broken wall.
Do you still remember the other day on a rugged road?
The way’s long, we’re tired, and the lame donkey brayed.