行路難(其一) 李白

行路難(其一)       李白 (701- 762)
金樽清酒斗十千，玉盤珍饈值萬錢。
停杯投筯不能食，拔劍四顧心茫然。
欲渡黃河冰塞川，將登太行雪暗天。
閑來垂釣坐溪上，忽復乘舟夢日邊。
行路難，行路難，多歧路，今安在。
長風破浪會有時，直挂雲帆濟滄海。

Arduous Road (Poem No. 1)       Li Bai (701- 762)

Ten thousand coin pieces a dau costs the clear wine in the gold bottle,

More worthy are the rare dishes in the jade bowls,
Pausing my cup and chopsticks with all these I just can’t bolt,
Looking around with my sword drawn in hand I feel baffled,
Wishing to cross the Yellow River but it is ice foiled,
My plans to mount Mt. Taixing are also thwarted by the overshadowing snow,
Leisurely fishing over the rill,
Presently in my dream vagaries to the sun in a boat I roll,
What an arduous road,
What an arduous road,
Too many an astray trail,
Whereever now are these astray trails?
There will be a time I ride a long gale and break through the rough billows,
All the way to the oceans I’ll go with a fully reared sail.