詩選180815英譯唐詩精選2

詩選180815

英譯唐詩精選（二）

蕭律師執筆

上次刊出十首唐詩的英譯，原文有些譯句是分兩行的，我的理解是作者要讀者在讀完句子的上半截（第一行），稍頓後才讀下半截（第二行縮入幾字）。但「掌門天地」所用的軟件制式卻自動將下半句與上半句齊頭平置，失去了原作原意。我們因為電腦知識淺陋，不懂處理，唯有變通求簡，將原作詩句的下半截用「/」分隔，以示在那處讀時要稍頓。

宫詞白居易

淚盡羅巾夢不成，

夜深前殿按歌聲。

紅顏未老恩先斷，

斜倚熏籠坐到明。

Palace Plaint Bai Juyi

Tears drained and silk handkerchief wetted, / but her hope of a dream is gone;

Deep in the night, in the front Palace, / beating and singing keep going on.

The Emperor’s favour she has lost before getting old….

Leaning on sandalwood burner, / she sits till dawn.

宿建德江孟浩然

移舟泊煙渚，

日暮客愁新。

野曠天低樹，

江清月近人。

A Night by the Jian De River Meng Haoran

I move my boat / to moor by a misty isle.

At nightfall, / I fall prey to renewed melancholy,

In the wilderness, / the sky has fallen below the trees;

On the clear river, / the moon is close to me.

烏衣巷劉禹錫

朱雀橋邊野草花，

烏衣巷口夕陽斜。

舊時王謝堂前燕，

飛入尋常百姓家。

The Black Coat Lane Liu Yuxi

Beside the Red Bird Bridge, / weeds and wild flowers overgrown;

At the entrance of the Black Coat Lane, / the setting sun shone.
Swallows that once nested / before the halls of Wang and Xie,
Into ordinary people’s homes had flown.
秋夜寄丘員外韋應物
懷君屬秋夜，
散步詠涼天。
空山松子落，
幽人應未眠。
A Letter to Master Qiu in an Autumn Night Wei Yingwu
I miss you on this autumn night, / my dear friend;
While strolling, a poem on the cool season / I’m about to compose.
Pine cones are falling / in the empty mountain;
As a hermit, you probably / have not retired to repose.
出塞曲王昌齡
秦時明月漢時關，
萬里長征人未還。
但使龍城飛將在，
不教胡馬度隂山。
Beyond the Frontier Wang Changling
It’s the same bright moon as in Qin / and the same boundary pass as in Han,
From the myriad-mile expeditions, / return not a single man.
If the Flying General / of Dragon City were here,
Never would the Tartar horsemen / be allowed to cross Yin Sham.
利州南渡溫庭筠
澹然空水對斜暉，
曲島蒼茫接翠微。
波上馬嘶看棹去，
柳邊人歇待船歸。
數叢沙草群鷗散，
萬頃江田一鷺飛。
誰解乘舟尋范蠡，
五湖煙水獨忘機。
At the South Ferry of Lizhou Wen Tingyun
Placidly the empty waters / face the slanting sunray;
Blending with the green mountain mist, / the crooked islands look vast and vague.
By the willow, / people rest, waiting for the ferry’s return;
On the waves, / a boat is seen leaving as horses neigh;
Over several thickets of sand-grass, / a flock of gulls scatters;
Across the boundless riverside fields, / a single egret wings its way.
Who’d understand why / I’m rowing in search of Fan Li?
On the misty waters of the Five Lakes, / from worldly affairs he alone stayed away.
咸陽城西樓晩眺許渾
一上高樓萬里愁，
蒹葭楊柳似汀洲。
溪雲初起日沈閣，
山雨欲來風滿樓。
鳥下綠蕪秦苑夕，
蟬鳴黃葉漢宫秋。
行人莫問當年事，
故國東來渭水流。
An Evening View on the West City Tower in Xian Yang Xu Hun
Once on the tall city walls, / in sight is an immensity of sorrow….
Reminding me of Tingzhou / are the sedges and willow.
The clouds rise above the stream / as the sun sinks below the attic;
The mountain rain’s imminent / as all over the tower, winds blow.
Birds descend on green weeds / as night falls in Royal Garden of Qin;
Cicadas would chirp in the Palace of Han / by autumn when yellow the leaves grow.
One mustn’t ask about the past :
Coming from home in the east, / the Wei River continues to flow.
寒食韓翃
春城無處不飛花，
寒食東風御柳斜。
日暮漢宮傳蠟燭，
輕煙散入五侯家。
The Cold Food Festival Han Hong
Nowhere in the springtime city / would petals not fly and spin;
During the Cold Food Festival, / imperial willows bend before the east wind.
At dusk in the Han Palace, / candles are lit and passed:
Their light smoke drifts into the homes of the five Dukes and their kin.
涼州曲王翰
葡萄美酒夜光杯，
欲飲琵琶馬上催。
醉卧沙場君莫笑，
古來征戰幾人回。
Song of Liangzhou Wang Han
Fine grape wine / in luminous cups of jade :
To drink I want but the summoning Pipa / on horseback is played.
Laugh not, my dear friend / if I die drunk on the battlefield :
How many ever returned from battles anyway?
題都城南莊崔䕶
去年今日此門中，
人面桃花相映紅。
人面不知何處去，
挑花依舊笑春風。
At City South Manor Cui Hu
This day last year inside these gates,
Red and shining on each other / were the peach blossoms and your face.
Now the peach blossoms / remain smiling in the spring breeze,
But you’re gone without a trace.