寄韓諫議注 杜甫

寄韓諫議注      杜甫(712-770)
今我不樂思岳陽，身欲奮飛病在床。
美人娟娟隔秋水，濯足洞庭望八荒。
鴻飛冥冥日月白，青楓葉赤天雨霜。
玉京群帝集北斗，或騎麒麟翳鳳凰。
芙蓉旌旗煙霧落，影動倒景搖瀟湘。
星宮之君醉瓊漿，羽人稀少不在旁。
似聞昨者赤松子，恐是漢代韓張良。
昔隨劉氏定長安，帷幄未改神慘傷。
國家成敗吾豈敢，色難腥腐餐楓香。
周南留滯古所惜，南極老人應壽昌。
美人胡為隔秋水，焉得置之貢玉堂。

To the Admonisher Han Zhu         Du Fu (712-770)

Fallen in the dumps today but my mind over Yueyang whirls,

My body wants to rouse up but laid up in my ailing bed I am tramelled,
Gracefully gracefully the Adorable One strands beyond the waters autumnal,
Washing his feet in Lake Dong Ting and gazing towards the wilds in all corners of the world,
Up in the gloomily gloomy boundless heavens the wild geese soar and glide while as white as the white moon palely the sun glows,
On the reddening leaves of green maples frost falls,
In the City of Jade the gods of heaven around the Polar Star assemble,
On kirins or phoenixes in they haul,
Amidst mists their lotus banners tumble,
On the still waters of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers their images whiffle,
The lords of heaven are drunk with wine of the immortal,
The Winged Ones are  all present except one withdrawal,
One Master of the Red Pine I seem to have heard a short while ago,
Whom I guess none other than Zhang Liang of the Han Dynasty who helped Liu Bei to have Chang’an quelled and settled,
Now his grand strategy still remains upheld,
But the spirit behind it has been dismally crumpled,
Not presuming to have the futures of our state foretold,
Revolted by the stink of corruption of officialdom in general,
Left for a diet of liquid amber to prevail,
Yet stranding in Zhounan has long been deplored since of old,
The Old Man of the South Pole promises long and prosperous years of senile,
Oh, Adorable One, for what reasons you are still stranded beyond the waters autumnal,
How can we have him placed favourably in a suitable post in the Jade Hall.

 

 

夕次盱眙縣 韋應物

夕次盱眙縣      韋應物(737-792)

落帆逗淮鎮，停舫臨孤驛。

浩浩風起波，冥冥日沉夕。

人歸山郭暗，雁下蘆洲白。

獨夜憶秦關，聽鐘未眠客。

 

Mooring at Xuyi Prefecture for the Night    

Wei Yingwu (737-792)

Shortening my sail up at Town Linhuai I am piled,

Over a solitary stage my boat pulls,

Ragingly ragingly rave the dashing billows,

Gloomily gloomily down the sun goes,

People returning amid grim mountain trails,

Wild geese light on silver grasses glittering isles,

In the solitude of the night the Qin Gate Pass I fondly recall,

Sleeplessly I listen all night to the bell tolls.

 

溪居 柳宗元

溪居       柳宗元(773-818)

久為簪組累，幸此南夷謫。

閒依農圃鄰，偶似山林客。

曉耕翻露草，夜榜響溪石。

來往不逢人，長歌楚天碧。

Living By the Rill          Liu Zongyuan (773-818)
 

Having been long shackled by my official devoirs,

Fortunately to the farmost land of the wild south I’ve been demoted,

In my leisure I can coze with my neighbouring farming households,

At times I do seem like a recluse amidst the wealds,

In the morning farmers turn up dewy grasses on the field they till,

At night water dashes on the rocks as boats roll,

Hardly do I meet passing people,

To the azure sky of the south I sing euphorically long and bold.

長干行 李白

長干行       李白(701- 762)

妾髮初覆額，折花門前劇。郎騎竹馬來，繞床弄青梅。

同居長干里，兩小無嫌猜。十四為君婦，羞顏未嘗開。

低頭向暗壁，千喚不一回。十五始展眉，願同塵與灰。

常存抱柱信，豈上望夫台。十六君遠行，瞿塘灩預堆。

五月不可觸，猿聲天上哀。門前遲行跡，一一生綠苔。

苔深不能掃，落葉秋風早。八月蝴蝶黃，雙飛西園草。

感此傷妾心，坐愁紅顏老。早晚下三巴，預將書報家。

相迎不道遠，直至長風沙。

 
Ballad of the Changgan Alley     Li Bai (701- 762)
As my hair came reaching down to my eyebrows,
I cut capers in front of my door after picking a spray of blow,
You came along riding a bamboo foal,
With a plum fruit in hand you galloped round the well,
Together in Changgan Alley we dwelled,
We were both still naïve juveniles,
At fourteen I became your spousal,
Too shy I was to smile a little,
I could only droop my head towards a dark wall,
Neither would I turn my face to answer your myriad calls,
Only till fifteen could I start to put on a smile,
Hence I swore to live with you to the eternal,
Even death could not have us apart pulled,
Seeing you every day the Husband Espying Tower was simply out of my pale,
At sixteen far off you had to go,
To the Yanyu Rocky Shore of Qutang you had to struggle,
In the fifth month the treacherous waters there are forbiddingly formidable,
Reaching up to the heavens there are the alp wails,
Right in front of our door where I bid you farewell,,
Our foot prints are now covered with mosses,
Mosses are too thick to be swept away once and all,
Falling leaves evince the early arrival of the fall,
In the eighth month butterflies have already turned old and yellow,
Cutting capers over the west garden grasses in couples,
These scenes plunge me in dismals,
Languishing in angst I turn old and pale,
If you are starting to hit your return trail,
Do please first send me a mail,
If I can’t come to meet you that remote,
I can at least welcome you at Chang Feng Sha’s vicinal.

宿王昌齡隱居 常建

宿王昌齡隱居   常建(708-765)

清溪深不測，隱處惟孤雲。

松際露微月，清光猶為君。

茅亭宿花影，藥院滋苔紋。

余亦謝時去，西山鸞鶴群。

Putting Up at Wang Changling”s Recluse Bower     

Chang Jian (708-765)

Abysmal is the hyaline rill,

Over his bower only a forlorn piece of cloud sails,

Amidst the pines mellow moonlight veils,

It’s for a revered gentleman like you the clear moonlight befalls,

Under the wattle late night flower shadows lie low,

In the herbs garden traces of moss sprawl,

Here I come to bid you farewell,

Henceforth far up to the West Mountain joining the herons and phoenixes I’ll go once and for all.

送天師 寧獻王

送天師          寧獻王(明)

霜落芝城柳影疏，殷勤送客出鄱湖。

黃金甲鎖雷霆印，紅錦韜纏日月符。   
天上曉行騎隻鶴，人間夜宿解雙鳧。   
匆匆歸到神仙府，為問蟠桃熟也無。  

Seeing Off Taoist Master the Supernal Zhang        Prince Ningxian of Ming

On the scanty willows of Zhi City chilly dews befall,

Seeing him out of Lake Poyang I earnestly bid my guest farewell,
His gold armour has his magic thunderbolt seal concealed,
In his red brocade pouch vested are the sun and moon conjuring spells,
On a heavenly crane he rides at dawn wherever he goes,
When he reposes on earth at night he takes off his pair of flying scandals,
Hurriedly he returns to his celestial abode,
Is the heavenly peach there already ripe and mellow?

 

 

 

送毛伯溫 明世宗

送毛伯溫         明世宗 (明)

大將南征膽氣豪，腰橫秋水雁翎刀。  

風吹鼉鼓山河動，雷閃旌旗日月高。   
天上麒麟原有種，穴中螻蟻豈能逃。   
太平待詔歸來日，朕與先生解戰袍。  

Seeing Off Mao Bowen on His Expedition Campaign   

Emperor Shi Zong of Ming

Undauntedly valiant is my southern expeditionary general,

On his waist he wears his devastating gelid autumnal water sword, the wild goose quilt,
Thunderlike warring drums on the gale send the earth in a tumble,
Banners glitter like lightening from the sun and moon high aloft,
A heavenly kirin of a soldier is my formidable general,
Where could all those pestering treacherous ants go,
When the upheavals in the South is quelled,
On my summons you’ll return home in the conqueror’s elan vital,,
How much I look forward to undonning your battling armour with my own hands to hail your feat phenomenal.