輞川閒居贈裴秀才迪 王維

 

輞川閒居贈裴秀才迪      王維(701 -761)

寒山轉蒼翠，秋水日潺湲。

倚杖柴門外，臨風聽暮蟬。
渡頭餘落日，墟里上孤煙。
復值接輿醉，狂歌五柳前。

To Young Scholar Pei Di When I live in Seclusion at Wangchuan                                 Wang Wei (701 -761)

Autumnal dark greenish tints the chilly hills are beginning to show,
More sluggishly every day the autumn waters flow,
Outside the wicker door on my cane I slouch,
Listening to the chirrs of cicadas on the evening breeze float;
Against the setting sun over the jetty I behold
A lone ribbon of cooking smoke rises above the village households;
Jie Yu, the abandoned scholar Pei, is again sloshed,
He sings with abandon in front of Master Five Willows.

 

 

送孟浩然之廣陵 李白

送孟浩然之廣陵      李白(701-762)

故人西辭黃鶴樓，煙花三月下揚州。

孤帆遠影碧空盡，惟見長江天際流。

Seeing Meng Haoran off to Guangling       Li Bai (701-762)

My old friend takes leave of the Yellow Crane Tower in the west,

Going in this third month to the prosperous Yangzhou when the scenic glomour there is at its best,
Into the boundless azure voidness his lone boat vanishes,
While the Great River keeps rolling into the endless horizon without rest.

 

 

觀書有感 朱熹

 

觀書有感        朱熹 (1130 -1200)

半畝方塘一鑑開，天光雲影共徘徊。

問渠那得清如許？為有源頭活水來。

Inspirations upon reading           Zhu Xi (1130 -1200)

Half an acre of a pond spreads out like a clear mirror,

On it sky lights, cloud shadows all briskly share,
How you stay so limpid, I enquire,
“Just let living water keep coming to my font as ever.”

 

示兒 陸游

示兒     陸游 (1125 - 1210)

死去原知萬事空，但悲不見九州同。
王師北定中原日，家祭無忘告乃翁。

To My Sons            Lu You (1125 - 1210)

When one dies one knows everything is void,
I only lament that the motherland’s reunion is yet to be rejoiced,
When the Imperial northern campaigns have the invaders occupying the central destroyed,
Don’t forget in the family memorial ceremony to tell your old man to end his pent up chagrin in the soil.

錦瑟 李商隱

錦瑟      李商隱(813-858)

錦瑟無端五十弦，一弦一柱思華年。
莊生曉夢迷蝴蝶，望帝春心托杜鵑。
滄海月明珠有淚，藍田日暖玉生煙。
此情可待成追憶，只是當時已惘然。

The Decorated Zithern          Li Shangyin (813-858)

For the zithern to have fifty strings is plainly out of the way,
Every string and strut reminds me of my lost golden days,
Master Zhuang dreamt into a butterfly he reincarnated,
King Wang of Shu’s yearnings through the cuckoo he conveyed;
Tear-crystalline pearls breed in the deep sea waters under the bright moon rays,
Jade in the Azure Field by mists under the warm sun is unveiled,
All these scenarios ought to have become fond reminiscence of the old days,
Only that, plunged in reverie on the spot I was carried away.

 

 

 

草 白居易

草      白居易 (772-846)

離離原上草，一歲一枯榮。
野火燒不盡，春風吹又生。
遠芳侵古道，晴翠接荒城。
又送王孫去，萋萋滿別情。

Grasses           Bai Juyi (772-846)

Flush grasses on the plains rankly and wantonly sprawl,
Thrive and wilt with the seasons’ rise and fall,
Even prairie fires cannot burn them all,
They will come back on the vernal call;
Into the ancient route their luxuriance extends far across,
On a fine day their verdancy spreads over to the deserted city wall,
I am again seeing my dignified friend off,
Even the rank grasses seem to be imbued with sundering sores.

 

 

木蘭花 高平暮秋餞別 周邦彥

木蘭花高平暮秋餞別       周邦彥(1056-1121)

郊原雨過金英秀，風掃霜威寒入袖。

感君一曲斷腸歌，勸我十分和淚酒。
古道塵清榆柳瘦，繫馬郵亭人散後。
今宵燈盡酒醒時，可惜朱顏成皓首。

Mu Lan Hua  Farewell at Gaoping in late autumn    
Zhou Bangyan (1056-1121)

Chrysanthemums strut fresh and fair after the rain halts over the lea,
Wind sweeping the frosts brings chills up my sleeves,
The aria of your bruised song does have my heart seared,
So much so that I gulp down my wine together with my tears;
Willows and elms along the serene ancient route stand fulgently fresh and dear,
Tie my horse at the post pavilion after people taking leave,
Tonight when I wake up from my drinks as the lamp obscures,
Only to find into a white-hair oldster this fair youngster has veered.