王勃： 關山難越，誰悲失路之人？ Border mountains are difficult to cross --

巧聯 唐 • 王勃
(節錄自【籐王閣序】)

關山難越，  誰悲失路之人？
萍水相逢，  盡是他鄉之客。


A WITTY COUPLET 
-- by WANG BO (650-676)
(Excerpted from his famous 'Preface to TENG WANG GE' :"KING OF TENG'S GRAND PAVILION")
-- Translated by Frank C Yue

Border mountains are difficult to cross --
Who'll e'er feel sorry for those who were lost?

Like the floating plants, by chance, they all meet:
They're travellers from far-off places, indeed!



<王勃，世稱短命詩人，而且死得很慘，被水淹死，但是，他撰了一篇【籐王閣序】，流傳千古，這聯是在該序節錄出來。>

An attempted rendition of Wang Bo's poem below is posted on my blog dd. 2013.03.18. where you'll find the full text of his famous Preface.

【籐王閣】     唐 • 王勃

滕王高閣臨江渚，
佩玉鳴鸞罷歌舞。
畫棟朝飛南浦雲，
珠簾暮卷西山雨。
 
閒雲潭影日悠悠，
物換星移幾度秋。
閣中帝子今何在？
檻外長江空自流。

 
TENG WANG GE ("King of Teng's Grand Pavilion")
-- by WANG BO (650-676)
-- Translated by Frank C Yue

By the bank of River Gan, King Teng's Grand Pavilion is found,
But gone were the songs, dances, swinging pendants', horse-bells' sounds.
Dawn clouds, from this south parting-place, fly o'er the painted beams;
At Dusk, outside rolled-up pearly curtains, west-hill rains are seen. 

Cast shadows on the gorge in the sun, leisure clouds on high;
Stars and things, move and change: How many Autumns have gone by?
In the Pavilion, now, where is the King?
Off the railings, the lone river flows in vain!