Friday, 31 May 2013

李賀: 尋章摘句老雕蟲，曉月當簾挂玉弓。Mincing each word and finding the right rhymes --

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《 南園 》 十三首 （其 六 ） 唐 • 李賀                  尋章摘句老雕蟲，                  曉月當簾挂玉弓。                  不見年年遼海上，                  文章何處哭秋風。   NAN...
Thursday, 30 May 2013

李賀: 男兒何不帶吳鉤，收取關山五十州。Why don't we all pick up our curved swords, like brave men --

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《 南園 》 十三首 （其五）   唐 • 李賀                  男兒何不帶吳鉤，                  收取關山五十州。                  請君暫上凌煙閣，                  若個書生萬戶侯。   《南园 ...

李賀: 老兔寒蟾泣天色，雲樓半開壁斜白。The old Rabbit and the cold Toad Have cleansed their House and skies with tears;

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                        《夢天》  唐 • 李賀  　　老兔寒蟾泣天色，  雲樓半開壁斜白。 　　玉輪軋露濕團光，  鸞珮相逢桂香陌。 　　黄塵清水三山下，  更變千年如走馬。 　　遙望齊州九點煙，  一泓海水杯中瀉。   MENG TIAN : ...
Tuesday, 28 May 2013

陸游: 死去原知万事空，但悲不见九州同。When one dies one finds that all things are Void as it should be;

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【示儿】    南宋 • 陸游 【示 兒 】    南宋 • 陸游        死去原知万事空，           但悲不见九州同。       王师北定中原日，           家祭无忘告乃翁。   〈示兒〉 死去原知萬事空 ，   但悲不見九...
Monday, 27 May 2013

陸游: 沈家園里花如錦，半是當年識放翁；In the Shen Family Garden, flowers bloom like rich embroid'ry; Half of the blossoms since decades are acquaintances of me.

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【春游】   南宋 • 陸游  陸游 八十四歲時，离辞世仅一年，不顾年迈体弱，再游沈園。 At 84, a year before he died, Lu You -- now a very frail old man -- still went to the Shen ...

陸游: 城南小陌又逢春， 只見梅花不見人。O, Spring comes again to the city-south fields pretty; Only plum-flowers are here, but not My Love -- what a pity!

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【夢游沈園之二】    南宋 • 陸游  陸游 八十一歲時, 風燭殘年的「長情詩人」又再游沈園，題“夢游沈園”詩。 When he was 81, Lu You visited the Shen Garden again. He wrote another set of t...

陸游: 路近城南已怕行，沈家園裡更傷情。 The road just south of the city I long have been skirting; The Shen Family Garden for me is the most hurting!

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【夢游沈園之一】   南宋 • 陸游 陸游 八十一歲時, 風燭殘年的「長情詩人」又再游沈園，題“夢游沈園”詩。 When he was 81, Lu You visited the Shen Garden again. He wrote another set of tw...