中國古詩英譯

1、中國古詩詞英譯關(guān)雎關(guān)關(guān)雎鳩,在河之洲.窈窕淑女,君子好逑.參差荇菜,左右流之.窈窕淑女,嫵媚求之.求之不得,嫵媚思服.優(yōu)哉游哉,輾轉(zhuǎn)反側(cè).參差荇菜,左右采之.窈窕淑女,琴瑟友之.參差荇菜,左右毛之.窈窕淑女,鐘鼓樂之.Cooing And WooingTranslated by Xu YuanchongBy riverside are cooingA pair of turtledoves;A good young man is wooingA fair maiden he loves.Water flows left and rightOf cress long here, short th

2、ere;The youth yearns day and nightFor the good maiden fair.His yearning grows so strong,He can not fall asleep,But tosses all night long,So deep in love, so deep!Now gather left and rightCress long or short and tender!O lute, play music brightFor the bride sweet and slender!Feast friends at left and

3、 rightOn cress cooked till tender!O bells and drums, delightThe bride so sweet and slender!大風歌劉邦大風起兮云飛揚,威加海內(nèi)兮歸故鄉(xiāng)。安得猛士兮守四方！SONG OF THE GREAT WINDTranslated by Xu YuanchongA great wind rises, oh! The clouds are driven away.I come to my native land, oh! Now the world is under my sway.Where can I brave

4、men, oh! To guard my four frontiers today!垓下歌項羽力拔山兮氣蓋世，時不力兮駒不逝。駒不逝兮可奈何，虞兮虞兮耐若何！XIANG YUS LAST SONGTranslated by Xu YuanchongI could pull mountains down, oh! With main and might,But my good fortune wanes, oh! My steed wont fight.Whether my steed will fight, oh! I do not care.What can I do with you, o

5、h! My lady fair!龜雖壽曹操神龜雖壽，尤有竟時。騰蛇乘霧，終為土灰。老驥伏櫪，志在千里。烈士暮年，壯心不已。盈縮之期，不但在天；養(yǎng)怡之福，可得永年。幸甚至哉，歌以詠志。INDOMITABLE SOULTranslated by Xu YuanchongAlthough long lives the tortoise wise,In the end he can not but die.The serpent in the mist may rise,But in the dust he too shall die.Although the stabled steed is old

6、,He dreams to run for mile and mile.In lifes December heroes boldWont change indomitable style.Its not up to Heaven aloneTo lengthen or shorten our day.To a great age we can live on,If we keep it fit, cheerful and gay.How happy I feel at this thought!I croon this poem as I ought.七步詩曹植煮豆燃豆萁，豆在釜中泣。本是同

7、根生，相煎何太急。WRITTEN WHILE TAKING SEVEN PACESTranslated by Xu YuanchongPods burned to cook peas,Peas weep in the pot:“Grown from same root, please,Why boil us so hot?”神情詩顧愷之春水滿四澤，夏云多奇峰。秋月?lián)P明輝，冬嶺修寒松。SPIRIT OF THE FOUR SEASONSTranslated by Xu YuanchongSpring water overbrims the streams;Summer could fancy p

8、eaks outshines;The autumn moon sheds brilliantOn winter cliffs stand cold-proof pines.歸園田居陶淵明種豆南山下，草盛豆苗稀。晨興理荒穢，帶月荷鋤歸。道狹草木長，夕露沾我衣。衣沾不足惜，但使愿無違。RETURN TO NATURETranslated by Xu YuanchongI sow beans neath southern hill;Bean shoots are lost where weeds o erthepath grow.I weed at dawn though early still;I

9、 plod home with my moonlit hoe.The path is narrow, grasses tall,With evening dew my clothes wet,To which I pay no heed at all,If my desire can but be met.回鄉(xiāng)偶書賀之章（一）少小離家老大回，鄉(xiāng)音未改鬢毛衰。兒童相見不相識，笑問客從何處來。IHOME-COMINGTranslated by Xu YuanchongIOld, I return to the homeland while young,Thinner has grown my ha

10、ir, though I speak the same tongue.My children, whom I meet, do not know am i.“Where are you from, dear sir?” they ask with beaming eye.（二）離別家鄉(xiāng)歲月多，近來人事半消磨。惟有門前鏡湖水，春風不改舊時波。IISince I left my homeland, so many years has passed,So such has faded away and so little can last.Only in Mirror Lake before my

11、very doorThe vernal wind still ripples the water as before.在獄詠蟬駱賓王西陸蟬聲唱，南冠客思深。不堪玄鬢影，來對白頭吟。露重飛難進，風多響易沉。無人信高潔，誰為表予心。THE CICADA HEARD IN PRISONTranslated by Xu YuanchongOf autumn the cicada sings;In prison Im worn out with care.How can I bear its blue-black which remind me of my gtey hair?Heavy with de

12、w, it can not fly;Drowned in the wind, its songs not heard.Who would believe its spirit high?Could I express my grief in word?登鸛雀樓王之渙白日依山盡，黃河入海流。欲窮千里目，更上一層樓。ON THE STOCK TOWERTranslated by Xu YuanchongThe sun beyond the mountain glows;The Yellow River seawards flows.You can enjoy a great sightBy cli

13、mbing to a greater height.春曉孟浩然春眠不覺曉，處處聞啼鳥。夜來風雨聲，花落知多少。SPRING MORNINGTranslated by Xu YuanchongThis spring morning in bed Im lying,Not to awake till birds are crying.After one night of wind and showers,How many are the fallen flowers?從軍行王昌齡青海長云暗雪山，古城遙望玉門關(guān)。黃沙百戰(zhàn)穿金甲，不破樓蘭終不還。ARMY LIFETranslated by Xu Yu

14、anchongClouds on frontier have darkened mountains clad in snow;The town with Gate of Jade stands far away, forlorn.We will not leave the desert till we beat the foe,Although in war our golden armour be outworn.靜夜思李白床前明月光，疑是地上霜。舉頭望明月，低頭思故鄉(xiāng)。A TRANQUIL NIGHTTranslated by Xu YuanchongBefore my bed a poo

15、l of nightCan it be hoarfrost on the ground?Looking up, I find the moon bright;Bowing, In homesickness Im drowned.早發(fā)白帝城李白朝辭白帝彩云間，千里江陵一日還。兩岸猿聲啼不住，輕舟已過萬重山。LEAVING THE WHITE KINGS TOWN AT DAWNTranslated by Xu YuanchongLeaving at dawn the White King crowned with rainbow cloud,I have sailed a thousand mi

16、les through Three Georges in a day.With monkeys sad adieus the riverbanks are loud;My boat has left ten thought mountains far away.送友人李白青山橫北郭，白水繞東城。此地一為別，孤蓬萬里征。浮云游子意，落日故人情。揮手自茲去，蕭蕭班馬鳴。FAREWELL TO A FRIEND Translated by Xu YuanchongGreen mountains bar the northern sky;White grids the eastern town.Her

17、e is the place to say goodbye;Youll drift like lonely thistledown.With floating cloud youll float away;Like parting day Ill part from you.You wave your hand and go your way;Our steeds still neigh, “adieu,adieu!”黃鶴樓崔顥昔人已乘黃鶴去，此地空余黃鶴樓。黃鶴一去不復返，白云千載空悠悠。晴川歷歷漢陽樹，芳草萋萋鸚鵡洲。日暮鄉(xiāng)關(guān)何處是？煙波江上使人愁。YELLOW CRANR TOWERTr

18、anslated by Xu YuanchongThe stage on yellow crane was gone amid clouds white.To what avail is Yellow Crane Tower left here?Once gone, the yellow crane will neer on earth alight;Only white clouds still float in vain from year to year.By sunlit river trees can be countd one by one;On Parrot Islet swee

19、t green grass grows fast and thick.Where is native land beyond the setting sun?The mist-veiled waves of River Han make me homesick.春望杜甫國破山河在，城深草木深。感時花濺淚，恨別鳥驚心。烽火連三月，家書抵萬金。白頭搔更短，渾欲不勝簪。SPRING VIEWTranslated by Xu YuanchongOn war-torn land streams flow and mountains stand;In towns unquiet grass and wee

20、ds run riot.Grieved oer the years, flowers are moved to tears;Seeing us part, birds cry with broken heart.The beacon fire has gone higher and higher;Words from household are worth their weight in gold.I can not bear to scratch my grizzling hair;It grows too thin to hold a light hairpin.楓橋夜泊張繼月落烏啼霜滿天

21、，江楓漁火對愁眠。姑蘇城外寒山寺，夜半鐘聲到客船。MOORING BY MAPLE BRIDGE AT NIGHTTranslated by Xu YuanchongAt moonset cry the crows, streaking the frosty sky;Dimly lit fishing boats neath maples sadly lie.Beyond the city walls, from Temple of Cold HillBells break the ship-borne roamers dream and midnight still.復得古原草送別白居易離離

22、原上草，一歲一枯榮。野火燒不盡，春風吹又生。遠方侵古道，晴翠接荒城。又送王孫去，萋萋滿別情。GRASS ON THE ANCIENT PLAIN FAREWELL TO A FRIENDTranslated by Xu YuanchongWild grasses spread oer ancient plain;With spring and fall they come and go.Wild fire cant burn them up; againThey rise when vernal breezes blow.Their fragrance overruns the way;The

23、ir green invades the ruined town.To seemy friend go far away,My sorrow grows like grass o ergrown.樂游原李商隱向晚意不適，驅(qū)車登古原。夕陽無限好，只是近黃昏。ON THE PLAIN OF TOMBTranslated by Xu YuanchongAt dusk my heart is filled with gloom;I drive my cab to ancient tomb.The setting sun seems to sublime,But it is nearing its dy

24、ing time.江上漁者范仲淹江上往來人，但愛鱸魚美。君看一葉舟，出沒風波里。THE FISHERMAN ON THE STREAMTranslated by Xu YuanchongYou go up and down stream;You love to eat the bream.Lo! The fishing boat bravesPerilous wind and waves.夢中作歐陽修風涼吹笛千山月，路暗迷人百種花。棋罷不知人換世，酒闌無余客思家。WRITING IN DREAMTranslated by Xu YuanchongA flute has chilled the

25、moon over a thousand hills;Dim sight is dazzled by a hundred daffodils.After a game of chess, the world has changed its face;Sobered from wine, can one not miss his native place?絕句李清照生當作人杰，死亦為鬼雄。至今思項羽，不肯過江東。A QUATRAINTranslated by Xu YuanchongBe man of men while you are alive;Be soul of souls een th

26、ough youre dead!Think of Xiang Yu whod not surviveHis men, whose blood for him was shed. 觀書有感 朱熹半畝方塘一鑒開，天光云影共徘徊。問渠哪得清如許？為有源頭活水來。THE BOOKTranslated by Xu YuanchoThere lies a glassy oblong pool,Where light and shade pursue their course.How can it be so clear and cool?For water fresh comes from its sou

27、rce.秋思馬致遠枯藤老樹昏鴉，小橋流水人家。古道西風瘦馬，夕陽西下，斷腸人在天涯。AUTUMN THOUGHTS Translated by Xu YuanchongOver old treesWreathed with rotten vines fly evening crows;Under a small bridge near a cottage a stream flows;On ancient road in the west wind a lean horse goes.Westward declines the sun;Far, far from home is the hea

28、rtbroken one.石灰吟于謙千槌萬鑿出深山，烈火焚燒若等閑。粉身碎骨渾不怕，要留清白在人間。SONG TO THE LIMETranslated by Xu YuanchongYou come out of deep mountains after hammer blows;Under fire and water tortures you are not in woes.Though broken into pieces, you will have no fright;Youll purify the world by washing it eer white.泊船瓜洲王安石京口瓜

29、洲一水間，鐘山只隔數(shù)重山。 春風又綠江南岸，明月何時照我還。MOORED AT MELON ISLETTranslated by Xu YuanchongA river severs Northern shore and Southern land;Between my home and me but a few mountains stand.The vernal wind has greened the Southern shore again.When will the moon shine bright on my return? O when?過零丁洋文天祥辛苦遭逢起一經(jīng)，干戈寥落四

30、周星。山河破碎風飄絮，身世浮沉雨打萍?；炭譃╊^說惶恐，零丁洋里嘆零丁。人生自古誰無死，留取丹心照汗青。SAILING ON LONELY OCEANTranslated by Xu YuanchongDelving in the Book of Change,I rose through hardship great,And desperately fought the foe for four long years.Like willow down the war-town land looks desolate;I sink or swim as duckweed in the rain

31、appears.For the perils on Perilous Beach I have sighs;On Lonely Ocean now I feel dreary and lonely.Since olden days theres never been a man but dies;Id leave a loyalists name in history only.曉征戚繼光霜溪曲曲轉(zhuǎn)旌旗，幾許沙鷗睡未知。笳鼓聲高寒吹氣，深山驚殺老阇黎。MARCH AT DAWNTranslated by Xu YuanchongOur banners undulate along the wi

32、nding stream,Without disturbing the riverside birds from their dream.Suddenly we beat drums and how our bugles shrill,To startle even the deaf old monk beyond the hill.花前 屈大均花前小立影徘徊，風解吹裙百褶開。已有淚光同白露，不須明月上衣來。BEFORE THE FLOWERSTranslated by Xu YuanchongBefore the flowers she stands, with her shadow she

33、 roves;To blow apart her hundred-fold dress the wind loves.Her face is bathed in tears as bright as dewdrops white.Why should the moon shed on her dress its silver light?竹石鄭燮咬定青山不放松，立根原在破巖中。千磨萬擊還堅韌，任爾東西南北風。BAMBOO IN THE ROCKTranslated by Xu YuanchongUpright stands the bamboo amid green mountains ste

34、ep;Its toothlike root in broken rock is planted deep.Its strong and firm though struck and beaten without rest,Careless of the wind from north or south, east or west.過分水嶺溫庭筠溪水無情似有情，入山三日得通行。嶺頭便是分頭處，惜別潺湲一夜聲。AT THE WATERSHEDTranslated by Xu YuanchongThe heartless stream appears to have a heart;Three da

35、ys among the hills we go along.At watershed on mountain crest we part;All the niht long it sings a farewell song.金縷衣無名氏勸君莫惜金縷衣，勸君莫許少年時。有花堪折直須折，莫待無花空折枝。 THE GOLDEN DRESSTranslated by Xu YuanchongLove not your golden dress, I pray,More then your youthful golden hours.Gather sweet blossoms while you ma

36、yAnd not the twig devoid of flowers!塞下曲盧綸 林暗草驚風，將軍夜引弓。平明尋白羽，沒在石棱中。A BORDER SONGTranslated by Xu YuanchongIn gloomy woods grass shivers at winds howl,The general takes it for a tigers growl.He shoots and seeks his arrow-plume next mornOnly to find a rock piercedmid the thorn.河滿子張祜故國三千里，深宮二十年。一聲河滿子，雙淚

37、落君前。THE SWAN SONG Translated by Xu YuanchongHomesick a thousands miles away,Shut in deep palace twenty years.Singing the dying swans sweet lay,O how can she hold back her tears!別董大高適千里黃云白日曛，北風吹雁雪紛紛。莫愁前路無知己，天下誰人不識君。FAREWELL TO A LUTISTTranslated by Xu YuanchongYellow clouds spread for miles and miles

38、 have veiled the day,The north wind blows down snow and wild geese fly away.Fear not youve no admirers as you go along!There is no connoisseur on earth but loves your song.題滕王閣王安石滕王平昔好追游，高閣依然枕必流。勝地幾經(jīng)興廢事，夕陽偏照古今愁。城中樹密千家市，天際人歸一葉舟。極目滄波吟不盡，西山重疊亂云浮。PRINCE TENGS PAVILIONTranslated by Xu YuanchongPretty Ten

39、g was fond of visiting each pretty scene;His lofty tower still oerlooks the river green.The ups and downs of dynasties have come in view;The setting sun slants, laden with griefs old and new.The town is thick with trees that shade a thousand shops;The horizon is dotted with a sail that flops.Endless

40、ly I sing of waves stretching out of sightAnd watch oer Western Hills cloud upon cloud in flight.登幽州臺歌前不見古人，后不見來者。念天地之悠悠，獨愴然而涕下。Chen Ziang(Tang,661702)Song on Ascending the Youzhou TerraceDescrying nor the ancients of long yore,Nor those that are to come in the future far,I muse on the eternity of h

41、eaven and earth.，And, all alone, grieve mutely with tears for my lorn star.Tr. July 1,1983.回鄉(xiāng)偶書少小離家老大回，鄉(xiāng)音無改鬢毛衰。兒童相見不相識，笑問客從何處來。He Zhizhang(Tang, 659744?)Random Lines on Home-comingParting from home a stripling stillAnd coming back old already,I keep my local speech tone unchanged,With temple locks g

42、rizzled and scanty.Village boys knowing me not at sightAs a wayfaring trekker,Laughing ask where from doth hailThe elderly stranger.Tr. April 15,1981.登鸛雀樓白日依山盡，黃河入海流。欲窮千里目，更上一層樓。Wang Zhihuan(Tang,688742)Ascending the Stork TowerBehind the mounts day light doth glow and fail,The Luteous River to the

43、sea doth flow.The view of a thousand li to command,Up a storey higher thou shouldst now go.Tr. March 28,1981.春曉春眠不覺曉，處處聞啼鳥。夜來風雨聲，花落知多少。Meng Haoran(Tang, 689740)Spring DawnFeeling not when cometh thpeep of spring down,Everywhere birds songs I hear in my slumber.Through the sounds of wind and rain all

44、 thnight long,Know I not how many thflowers fall in number.Tr. August 14,1981.送別下馬飲君酒，問君何所之？君言不得意，歸隱南山陲。但去莫復問，白云無盡時。Wang Wei(Tang,701?761)Bidding Adieu to a FriendAs thou alight from thy horse,I greet thee with a stoup of wine,And ask thee whither thou wouldst tend.Thy answer thou givest disheartene

45、dSaying thou wouldst go to retireAs a recluse by the South Mount.Go but thither without a query;White clouds are there at all times.Tr. August 16,1981.靜夜思窗前明月光，疑是地上霜。舉頭望明月，低頭思故鄉(xiāng)。Li BaiThoughts in a Still NightThe luminous moonshine before my bed,Is thought to be the frost fallen on the ground.I lift

46、 my head to gaze at the cliff moon,And then bow down to muse on my distant home.Tr. May,1980.贈汪倫李白乘舟將欲行，忽聞岸上踏歌聲。桃花潭水深千尺，不及汪倫送我情。Li BaiTo Wang LunLi Bai embarking, just about to depart,On a sudden heareth tramping and songs on the strand.The Peach Bloom Deep, a thousand feet in depth,Runneth not so d

47、eep as Wang Luns thoughts for me command.Tr. April 24,1982.早發(fā)白帝城朝辭白帝彩云間，千里江陵一日還。兩岸猿聲啼不住，輕舟已過萬重山。Li BaiEmbarking from Baidi Town at Early MornLeaving Baidi on high at downAmong the clouds in blaze gay,A thousand li to Jiangling CityI sped within a day.Unceasingly the gibbons screechedOn both banks of

48、 the River,As my light skiff shot through the foldsOf mounts ten thousand with a whirr.Tr. April 10,1981.楓橋夜泊月落烏啼霜滿天，江村漁火對愁眠。姑蘇城外寒山寺，夜半鐘聲到客船。Zhang Ji(Tang?-?)Night Mooring at Fengqiao VillageThe moon is sinking; a crow croaks a dreaming;Neath the night sky the frost casts a haze;Few fishing-boat lig

49、hts of thriver side village Are dozing off in their mutual sad gaze.From the Cold Hill Bonzary outsideThe city wall of Gusu town,The resounding bell is tolling its clangourAt midnight to the passenger ship down.江雪千山鳥飛絕，萬徑人蹤滅。孤舟蓑笠翁，獨釣寒江雪。Liu ZongyuanSnowing on the RiverNot a bird oer hundreds of peak

50、s,Not a man on the thousands of trails.An old angler alone in a boat,With his rod and line, in raining outfit,Is fishing on the river midst thsnowdrift.Tr. December 14,1980.尋隱者不遇松下問童子，嚴師采藥去。只在此山中，云深不知處。Jia Dao(Tang, 779843)A call on the Recluse Who Is Just OutI asked the boy beneath the pine tree,Wh

51、o said, “the masters gone herbs to pick;He must be some where around these clifts,Concealed unseen in the clouds thick”.山行遠上寒山石徑斜，白云深處有人家。停車坐看楓林晚，霜葉紅于二月花。Du Mu(Tang,803853)Mountain TripFar up the mountainside the stone trail wound,Where the clouds were thick, there stood some abodes.I stopt my cart

52、to watch the maple forest lateWith frost-bitten leaves more crimson than spring blooms.Tr. April 16, 1981.夜雨寄北君問歸期未有期，巴山夜雨漲秋池。何當共剪西窗燭，卻話巴山夜雨時。Li ShangyinLines Sent to the North Written during Night RainsBeing asked for my home-coming date,I tell thee Im not sure when thatll be,As night rains on the

53、mounts of Ba fallAnd autumn pools are brimmed from the lea.Then we shall by the west window sit,Clipping the candle wick in some night,And talk of the night rains on thBa mounts,When I think of thee with mute delight.Tr. June 20,1981.題都城南莊去年今日此門中，人面桃花相映紅。人面不知何處去，桃花依舊笑春風。Cui Hu(Tang,?831)In the Capit

54、als Southern VillageOn this same day last year within this door,A comely face and peach blooms together did glow.She Ive admired has gone I know not where,Thpeach blooms are smiling still in thbreeze to blow.Tr. April 27,1981.草離離原上草，一歲一枯榮。野火燒不盡，春風吹又生。遠方侵古道，晴翠接荒城。又送王孫去，萋萋滿別情。Bai Juyi(Tang,772846)Gras

55、sesTall and hanging down, the grasses on the wide plainFlourish and wither once in every year.Wild fire could not burn them up to extirpate;Springtide zephyrs blow and they come to life again.Distant verdure overcometh ancient highways;Fair-day emerald stretcheth away to waste cities.Bidding farewell to wanderers going somewhither,Lush-growing gras