李白 (701—762) 静夜思

床前明月光
疑是地上霜
举头望明月
低头思故乡

许渊冲 译：

A Tranquil Night
 
Abed, I see a silver light,
I wonder if it's frost aground.
Looking up, I find the moon bright;
Bowing, in homesickness I'm drowned.


苏轼 (1037-1101) 念奴娇 赤壁怀古

    大江东去，浪淘尽、千古风流人物。故垒西边，人道是、三国周郎赤壁。乱石穿空，惊涛裂岸，卷起千堆雪。江山如画，一时多少豪杰！
    遥想公瑾当年，小乔初嫁了，雄姿英发。羽扇纶巾，谈笑间、墙橹灰飞烟灭。故国神游，多情应笑我、早生华发。人间如梦，一尊还酹江月。

任治稷 余正 译：

Memories of the Past at Red Cliff

The great river eastward flows,
Washing away
Heroes from time immemorial.
Stands, they said, Chibi Mountain
Where Zhou Lang of the Three Kingdoms fought.
Treacherous rocks piece the clouds,
Huge waves crack the shore,
Churning up thousands of snowy foams.
The land’s as beautiful as a picture,
But what a host of braves were once here!

That year, as viewed from afar,
Gongjin, who had just married Xiaoqiao,
Robust and beaming with youth,
With a feather fan in hand and silk kerchief round his head,
Chatting and laughing
When masts and tillers burned, ashes flew and smoke died.
The old kingdom revisited in fantasy,
You may take me for a sentimental fool,
Whose hair has been early laced with white.
Life is but a dream,
Time for a libation to the river moon.


陶潜（约365-427） 饮酒 其五

结庐在人境，而无车马喧。
问君何能尔，心远地自偏。
采菊东篱下，悠然见南山；
山气日夕佳，飞鸟相与还。
此中有真意，欲辨已忘言。

杨宪益 戴乃迭 译：

Drinking (V)

Within the world of men I make my home,
Yet din of horse and carriage there is none;
You ask me how this quiet is achieved: —
With thoughts remote the place appears alone.
While picking asters "neath the Eastern fence
My gaze upon the Southern mountain rests;
The mountain views are good by day or night,
The birds come flying homeward to their nests.
A truth in this reflection lies concealed,
But I forget how it may be revealed.

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