張九齡 自君之出矣 不復理殘機 Since the day you left, my Love

以下英譯承蒙吾友吾師 黃宏發先生 修飾，真箇脫胎換骨，謹此致謝。

the following rendition has been polished up by my friend and mentor Andrew W.F. Wong, to whom I am grateful.

［自君之出矣］唐．張九齡 

    自君之出矣，
    不復理殘機。

    思君如滿月，
    夜夜減清輝。

"Since The Day You Left, My Love"

-- by Zhang Jiuling (678-740)

-- Translated by Frank C Yue

Since the day you left, my Love,

I've ceased to weave the piece I was weaving.

I yearn for you like the full Moon above,

Nightly it wanes while I waste grieving.

from the net:

殘機：機是織布機，殘機是布 ... 

then of course, one should see Sifu Wong's masterpiece, made in the same classical style and rhyming scheme (XAXA) a la the little lovely original Tang poem:

Zhang Jiuling (678-740):  Since from Home You Departed

1 E'er since from home my lord departed,

2 I’ve left untouched my weaving loom.

3 Like the full moon, O I long for you,  

4 Nightly it wanes while I waste in gloom.

Translated by Andrew W.F. Wong (Huang Hongfa)     

譯者: 黃宏發

18^th June 2012 (revised 19.6.12; 9.8.12)
Translated from the original - 

張九齡:  自君之出矣

1        自君之出矣

2        不復理殘機

3        思君如滿月

4        夜夜減清輝

if interested, please visit Mr. Andrew Wong's blog:

Classical Chinese Poems in English