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Lament of the Empire's conscript (Let me ask who was the great aggressor? )
The border post ablast with sand and wind
Drear and wailing now from elder days
Leaves felled from trees, grasses yellowed with fall
I scale the tower surveil the foe's terrain —
Weed-choked ramparts derelict in the desert
Border town where not a wall remains
Bleachwhite bones a thousand frosts have weathered
Jumbled barrows brushwood overtakes
Let me ask who was the great aggressor?
Nature's pet tribesmen moved with violent bane
So flamed with rage our godly Emperor
Bade his army bang the drums of war
His sunbalmed nature steamed to murderous air
Sent troops to invade and turmoil through the State
Three hundred sixty thousand men deployed
Now sorrow and sorrow — and sorrow's tears like rain
Though it grieved us so we got no choice but go
How can we farm our fields in these blasted acres
Till you've seen boys stationed at the border
Don't think you know the front line's dreary ache
General Li Mu is with us no more today
We frontier men are fodder for what infests these wastes
Transl. A.Z. Foreman
古風其十四
李白
胡關饒風沙,
蕭索竟終古。
木落秋草黃,
登高望戎虜。
荒城空大漠,
邊邑無遺堵。
白骨橫千霜,
嵯峨蔽榛莽。
借問誰凌虐,
天驕毒威武。
赫怒我聖皇,
勞師事鼙鼓。
陽和變殺氣,
發卒騷中土。
三十六萬人,
哀哀淚如雨。
且悲就行役,
安得營農圃。
不見征戍兒,
豈知關山苦。
李牧今不在,
邊人飼豺虎。
Yearning in Cháng'ān
Endlessly yearning for you
in the city called Endless Peace,
where autumn crickets cry from the well's rail that shines of gold,
where flecks of frost blow chill and leave the bedmat colored cold,
with no light from the lonely little lantern,
the thread of longing set to snap out loud,
gaze at the moon, and heave a useless sigh:
my love, a flower beyond that wall of cloud!
and high above the heavens' blue dark reign
and down below the waters' pale waves stream
endless the sky, and far the journey - the fleet soul grieves in flight,
and cannot touch beyond those mountains even in a dream.
So endlessly the yearning
beats a man's heart down.
Transl. A.Z. Foreman
長相思
李白
長相思,
在長安,
絡緯秋金井闌
微霜淒淒色寒,
孤燈不明思欲絕
卷幃望月空長歎,
美人如花隔雲端
上有青冥之長天,
下有淥水之波瀾
天長地運魂飛苦,
夢魂不到關山難
長相思,
摧心肝!
The rustling nightfall strews my gown with roses / La caduta frusciante della notte cosparge la mia veste di rose
La caduta frusciante
della notte cosparge la mia veste di rose
e petali dalle sfumature
del vino offrono oblio
di ombra dopo ombra che
glissa.
Mi alzo con le stelle
esultante e seguo
la scia della luna nella
silenziosa corrente
dove non un uccello
veglia; solo il sospiro attratto lontano
di voci diverse che
bisbigliano addio.
The rustling nightfall strews my gown with roses,
And wine-flushed petals bring forgetfulness
Of shadow after shadow striding past.
I arise with the stars exultantly and follow
The sweep of the moon along the hushing stream,
Where no birds wake; only the far-drawn sigh
Of wary voices whispering farewell.
And wine-flushed petals bring forgetfulness
Of shadow after shadow striding past.
I arise with the stars exultantly and follow
The sweep of the moon along the hushing stream,
Where no birds wake; only the far-drawn sigh
Of wary voices whispering farewell.
English version L. Cranmer-Byng
Tra i fiori io
solo con la coppa del
vino
bevo da solo; alzo
la coppa e invito la
luna
a bere con me, il suo
riflesso
e il mio nella coppa,
giusto
noi tre; sospiro
che la luna non può bere
e la mia ombra passa
vuota
non dico mai una parola
con nessun altro amico,
posso
avere per compagni solo
questi due;
in tempi felici
anche io devo esserlo
con tutto
quel che mi è intorno;
siedo e canto
ed è come se la luna
mi accompagnasse; se poi
danzo è la mia ombra
a danzare con me; mentre
non ancora ebbro sono
contento
di fare amicizia con la
luna
e la mia ombra ma poi
quando
ho bevuto troppo noi
ci separiamo; eppure
sono
amici su cui sempre
contare
non si emozionano mai;
spero che un giorno
noi tre ci incontriamo
dinuovo
nel profondo della via
lattea.
Amongst the flowers I
am alone with my pot of wine
drinking by myself; then lifting
my cup I asked the moon
to drink with me, its reflection
and mine in the wine cup, just
the three of us; then I sigh
for the moon cannot drink,
and my shadow goes emptily along
with me never saying a word;
with no other friends here, I can
but use these two for company;
in the time of happiness, I
too must be happy with all
around me; I sit and sing
and it is as if the moon
accompanies me; then if I
dance, it is my shadow that
dances along with me; while
still not drunk, I am glad
to make the moon and my shadow
into friends, but then when
I have drunk too much, we
all part; yet these are
friends I can always count on
these who have no emotion
whatsoever; I hope that one day
we three will meet again,
deep in the Milky Way.
am alone with my pot of wine
drinking by myself; then lifting
my cup I asked the moon
to drink with me, its reflection
and mine in the wine cup, just
the three of us; then I sigh
for the moon cannot drink,
and my shadow goes emptily along
with me never saying a word;
with no other friends here, I can
but use these two for company;
in the time of happiness, I
too must be happy with all
around me; I sit and sing
and it is as if the moon
accompanies me; then if I
dance, it is my shadow that
dances along with me; while
still not drunk, I am glad
to make the moon and my shadow
into friends, but then when
I have drunk too much, we
all part; yet these are
friends I can always count on
these who have no emotion
whatsoever; I hope that one day
we three will meet again,
deep in the Milky Way.
English version Rewi Alley
*
I sat drinking
Freddi i campi, la rada pioggia ha smesso
colori di primavera sciamano ovunque.
colori di primavera sciamano ovunque.
Pesci che saltano riempiono lo stagno azzurro
uccelli che cantano abbassano i rami verdi.
I fiori di campo cimentano le guance imbellettate
le erbe di montagna si piegano ad altezzavita.
Presso la corrente di bambù l'ultimo frammento di nube
spinto dal vento si disperde lento.
The fields are chill, the
sparse rain has stopped;
the colours of Spring teem on every side.
With leaping fish the blue pond is full;
with singing thrushes the green boughs droop.
The flowers of the field have dabbled their powdered cheeks;
the mountain grasses are bent level at the waist.
By the bamboo stream the last fragment of cloud
blown by the wind slowly scatters away.
the colours of Spring teem on every side.
With leaping fish the blue pond is full;
with singing thrushes the green boughs droop.
The flowers of the field have dabbled their powdered cheeks;
the mountain grasses are bent level at the waist.
By the bamboo stream the last fragment of cloud
blown by the wind slowly scatters away.
*
Seduto bevevo e non notai il crepuscolo
finchè petali caduti riempirono le pieghe del mio
abito.
Ebbro mi alzai e andai verso i raggi di luna
volati via gli uccelli, e poche persone.
I sat drinking
and did not notice the dusk,
Till falling petals filled the folds of my dress.
Drunken I rose and walked to the moonlit stream;
The birds were gone, and men also few.
Till falling petals filled the folds of my dress.
Drunken I rose and walked to the moonlit stream;
The birds were gone, and men also few.
English version by Arthur Waley
Li Bai, On the way down...
On the way down Zhongnan Mountain, recluse Husi gives me a place to rest
and wine to drink.
We come at dusk down the greenbacked mountain.
The mountain moon follows all the way.
When we gaze back at the path in distance
Green slopes are a slit of mist-grim gray.
You lead me off to your farmland cottage.
Your child holds a thorn gate open to you.
My passing clothes brush greening vines
On hideaway paths through green bamboo.
I say in delight: "what a place for resting!"
We savor the gorgeous wine you pour.
The pine wind blows: we sing its music.
The Star Stream1 ebbs: we sing no more.
Then I lie drunk and you ecstatic
Just losing Man's mind in joy galore
The mountain moon follows all the way.
When we gaze back at the path in distance
Green slopes are a slit of mist-grim gray.
You lead me off to your farmland cottage.
Your child holds a thorn gate open to you.
My passing clothes brush greening vines
On hideaway paths through green bamboo.
I say in delight: "what a place for resting!"
We savor the gorgeous wine you pour.
The pine wind blows: we sing its music.
The Star Stream1 ebbs: we sing no more.
Then I lie drunk and you ecstatic
Just losing Man's mind in joy galore
.
Notes:
1-"Star Stream" one of many different Chinese names for the Milky Way
A.Z. Foreman from Chinese
Scesi dal monte
Zhongnan, il recluso Husi mi dà un posto dove riposare e vino da bere.
Scesi a sera dal
monte verdeschiena.
Tutto il tragitto
ci segue la luna.
Guardiamo indietro
il percorso distante
verdi
versanti son fessure grigie.
Tu mi guidi alla
tua casa rurale.
Tiene un passaggio
aperto il bimbo, spine.
Spazzola la mia
veste verdi vigne
sentieri nascosti
nel verde bambù.
Deliziato:”che
posto di riposo!”
Assaporiamo il
vino che tu versi.
Soffia il vento
dei pini: lo cantiamo.
Cala il
flussostellare e la musica.
Poi io giaccio
ubriaco e tu in estasi
in gioia si sperde
la mente umana.
nota:
Corrente di stelle è uno dei molti
nomi cinesi per Via Lattea.*
Li Bai, Thought on a quiet night
Click to hear me recite the original in my idea of what educated Medieval Chinese sounded like
Click to hear me recite it in Modern Chinese (i.e. Mandarin) pronunciation
Click to hear me recite it in Modern Chinese (i.e. Mandarin) pronunciation
Thought on a quiet night
The moonlight is luminous at my bedside.
I look and mistake it for ground-fallen frost.
Head raised, I gaze toward the mountain moon.
Head lowered, I'm cold for home and lost.
I look and mistake it for ground-fallen frost.
Head raised, I gaze toward the mountain moon.
Head lowered, I'm cold for home and lost.
Pensiero in una notte calma
Schegge, raggi lunari a fianco al letto.
A vederli li prendo per ghiaccio.
Alzo la testa, fisso la luna del monte.
L’abbasso, e gelo per nostalgia perduto.
ottavo secolo in oriente
Chiupu river song
My white hair extends three miles
the sorrow of parting made it this long.
Who would guess to look in a mirror
where autumn frost comes from
the sorrow of parting made it this long.
Who would guess to look in a mirror
where autumn frost comes from
Canto del fiume Chiupu
I miei capelli bianchi son lunghi tre miglia,
il dolore della separazione li ha fatti così lunghi.
Chi avrebbe detto! guardare in uno specchio
da dove proviene il gelo dell’autunno.
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