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Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Du Fu A View of the Wilderness 唐詩 杜甫 野望 Tông si Tō͘ Hú Iá bōng

 Tông si Tō͘  Hú “Iá bōng”

唐詩 杜甫 「野望」

Du Fu “A View of the Wilderness”

Se san pe̍h soat saⁿ siâⁿ sù, Lâm phó͘ chheng kang bān lí kiô.

Hái lāi hong tîn chu tē keh, Thian gâi thè lūi chi̍t sin iâu.

Ûi chiòng bō͘  kiong to pīⁿ, Bī ū koan ai tap sèng tiâu.

Khoa bé chhut kau sî ke̍k bo̍k, Put kham jîn sū ji̍t siau tiâu.

 

西山白雪三城戍, 南浦清江萬里橋。

海內風塵諸弟隔, 天涯涕淚一身遙。

唯將遲暮供多病, 未有涓埃答聖朝。

跨馬出郊時極目, 不堪人事日蕭條。


Snow is white on the westward mountains and on three fortified towns,

And waters in this southern lake flash on a long bridge.

But wind and dust from sea to sea bar me from my brothers;

And I cannot help crying, I am so far away.

I have nothing to expect now but the ills of old age.

I am of less use to my country than a grain of dust.

I ride out to the edge of town. I watch on the horizon,

Day after day, the chaos of the world.

Monday, April 19, 2021

Du Fu Welcome to Guess Arrival 唐詩 杜甫 客至 Tông si Tō͘ Hú Kheh chì

Tông si Tō͘  Hú “Kheh chì”

唐詩 杜甫 「客至」

Du Fu “Welcome to Guess Arrival”

  

Siá lâm sià pak kai chhun chúi, Tān kiàn kûn o͘ ji̍t ji̍t lâi.

Hoa kèng put chêng iân kheh sàu, Phông mn̂g kin sí ūi kun khui.

Phoân sun chhī oán bô kiam bī, Chun chiú ka pîn chí kū phoe.

Khéng í lîn ong siōng tùi ím, Kek lî ho͘ chhù chin î poe.

 

舍南舍北皆春水, 但見群鷗日日來。

花徑不曾緣客掃, 蓬門今始為君開。

盤飧市遠無兼味, 樽酒家貧只舊醅。

肯與鄰翁相對飲, 隔籬呼取盡餘杯。

 

North of me, south of me, spring is in flood,

Day after day I have seen only gulls....

My path is full of petals -- I have swept it for no others.

My thatch gate has been closed -- but opens now for you.

It's a long way to the market, I can offer you little --

Yet here in my cottage there is old wine for our cups.

Shall we summon my elderly neighbour to join us,

Call him through the fence, and pour the jar dry? 

Sunday, April 18, 2021

Li Shangyin Thoughts in the Cold 唐詩 李商隱 涼思 Tông si Lí Siongún Liâng sù

 Tông si Lí Siongún “Liâng sù”

唐詩 李商隱 「涼思」

Li Shangyin “Thoughts in the Cold”


Kheh khì pho pêng lām, siân hiu lō͘ boán ki.

Éng hoâi tong chhú cheh, Í li̍p chū î sî.

Pak táu kiam chhun oán, Lâm lêng ú sái tī.

Thian gâi chiàm bang sò͘ , Gî gō͘  iú sin ti.

 

客去波平檻, 蟬休露滿枝。

永懷當此節, 倚立自移時。

北斗兼春遠, 南陵寓使遲。

天涯占夢數, 疑誤有新知。

 

You are gone. The river is high at my door.

Cicadas are mute on dew-laden boughs.

This is a moment when thoughts enter deep.

I stand alone for a long while.

...The North Star is nearer to me now than spring,

And couriers from your southland never arrive --

Yet I doubt my dream on the far horizon

That you have found another friend. 

Saturday, April 17, 2021

Li Shangyin A Cicada 詩 李商隱 蟬 Tông si Lí Siongún Siân

Tông si Lí Siongún “Siân”

唐詩 李商隱「 蟬」

Li Shangyin “A Cicada” 

Tông si Lí Siongún “Siân”

唐詩 李商隱「 蟬」

Li Shangyin “A Cicada”

 

Pún í ko lân pá, Tô͘ lô hīn hùi siaⁿ.

Gō͘ keⁿ so͘ beh tn̄g, Chi̍t chhiū phek bô chêng.

Po̍h hoān kēng iû hoàn, kò͘ hn̂g bû í pêⁿ.

Hoân kun chòe siōng kéng, Góa iā kú ka chheng.

 

本以高難飽, 徒勞恨費聲。

五更疏欲斷, 一樹碧無情。

薄宦梗猶汎, 故園蕪已平。

煩君最相警, 我亦舉家清。

 

All night long you have sung in vain --

Oh, this final broken indrawn breath

Among the green indifferent trees!

Yes, I have gone like a piece of driftwood,

I have let my garden fill with weeds....

I bless you for your true advice

To live as pure a life as yours.


Friday, April 16, 2021

Zhang Jiuling Looking at thw Noom and Thinking of One Far Away 張九齡 望月懷遠

Tông si Tiuⁿ Kiúlêng “Bōng goe̍h hoâi oān”

唐詩 張九齡 「望月懷遠」

Zhang Jiuling Looking at thw Noom and Thinking of One Far Away

 

Hái siōng seⁿ bêng goe̍h, Thian gâi kiong chhú sî.

Chêng jîn oàn iâu iā, Kèng se̍k khí siuⁿ si.

Bia̍t chiok lîn kng boán, Phi I kak lō͘ chu.

Put kham êng chhiú chēng, Hoân chhím bang ka kî.

 

海上生明月, 天涯共此時。

情人怨遙夜, 竟夕起相思。

滅燭憐光滿, 披衣覺露滋。

不堪盈手贈, 還寢夢佳期。

 

The moon, grown full now over the sea,

Brightening the whole of heaven,

Brings to separated hearts

The long thoughtfulness of night....

It is no darker though I blow out my candle.

It is no warmer though I put on my coat.

So I leave my message with the moon

And turn to my bed, hoping for dreams.

Thursday, April 15, 2021

Li Bai The Hard Road 唐詩 李白 行路難之一 Tông si Lí Pe̍h Kiâⁿ lō͘ lân chi it

唐詩 李白 「行路難之一」

Tông si Lí Pe̍h “Kiâⁿ lō͘ lân chi it”

Li Bai “The Hard Road” 

Kim chun chheng chiú táu cha̍p chheng, Ge̍k pôaⁿ tin siu tat bān chhián.

Thêng poe tâu tū put lêng sit, Poa̍t kiàm sù kò͘  sim bông jiân.

Beh tō͘ N̂g hô peng sat chhoan, Chiòng teng thài hang seh àm thian.

Hân lâi sûi tiàu phek khe siōng, Hut ho̍k sêng chiu bang ji̍t piⁿ.

Kiâⁿ lō͘ lânHêng lō͘ lân

To khî lō͘, Kim an chāi

Tńg hong phò͘ long ē ū sî, Ti̍t kòa hûn hoân ché chhong hái.

 

金樽清酒斗十千, 玉盤珍羞值萬錢。

停杯投箸不能食, 拔劍四顧心茫然。

欲渡黃河冰塞川, 將登太行雪暗天。

閑來垂釣碧溪上, 忽復乘舟夢日邊。

行路難! 行路難!

多歧路, 今安在?

長風破浪會有時, 直挂雲帆濟滄海。

 

Pure wine costs, for the golden cup, ten thousand coppers a flagon,

And a jade plate of dainty food calls for a million coins.

I fling aside my food-sticks and cup, I cannot eat nor drink....

I pull out my dagger, I peer four ways in vain.

I would cross the Yellow River, but ice chokes the ferry;

I would climb the Taihang Mountains, but the sky is blind with snow....

I would sit and poise a fishing-pole, lazy by a brook --

But I suddenly dream of riding a boat, sailing for the sun....

Journeying is hard,

Journeying is hard.

There are many turnings --

Which am I to follow?....

I will mount a long wind some day and break the heavy waves

And set my cloudy sail straight and bridge the deep, deep sea.

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Wang Wei A Song of Peach blossom River 唐詩 王維 桃源行 Tông si Ông ûi Thô goân hêng

Tông si Ông ûi “Thô goân hêng”

唐詩 王維 「桃源行」

Wang Wei “A Song of Peach blossom River”


 Hî chiu tio̍k chúi ài san chhun, Lióng hōaⁿ thô hoe kiap ko͘ tin.

Chē khòaⁿ âng chhiū put ti oán, Hêng chin chheng khe put kiàn lâng.

San kháu chhiâm hêng si oe ò, Soaⁿ khui khòng bōng soân pêng lio̍k.

Iâu khòaⁿ chi̍t chhù chàn hûn chhiū, Kīn ji̍p chhian ka sàn hoa tek.

漁舟逐水愛山春, 兩岸桃花夾古津。

坐看紅樹不知遠, 行盡青溪不見人。

山口潛行始隈隩, 山開曠望旋平陸。

遙看一處攢雲樹, 近入千家散花竹。

 

Chiâu kheh chho͘ thoân hàn sèⁿ miâ, Ku jîn bī kái chin I ho̍k.

Ku jîn kiōng chū bú lêng goân, hoân chiông bu̍t gōa khí chhân hn̂g.

Goe̍h bêng siōng hā pang liông chēng, Ji̍t chhut hûn tiong ke khián soan.

Keng bûn sio̍k kheh cheng lâi chip, Kēng ín hoân ka būn to͘ ip.

樵客初傳漢姓名, 居人未改秦衣服。

居人共住武陵源, 還從物外起田園。

月明松下房櫳靜, 日出雲中雞犬喧。

驚聞俗客爭來集, 競引還家問都邑。

 

Pêng bêng lû hang sàu hoe khai, Po̍h bō͘  hî chiâu sêng chúi ji̍p.

Chho͘  in pī tè khì jîn kan, Ki̍p chì sêng sian sūi put hoân.

Kiap lí sûi ti ū jîn sū, Sè tiong iâu bōng khang hûn soaⁿ.

Put gî leng kèng lân bûn kiàn, Tîn sim bī su hiong koān.

平明閭巷掃花開, 薄暮漁樵乘水入。

初因避地去人間, 及至成仙遂不還。

峽裡誰知有人事, 世中遙望空雲山。

不疑靈境難聞見, 塵心未盡思鄉縣。

 

Chhut tōng bô lūn keh san súi, Sî ka chiong gí tn̂g iû ián.

Chū ūi keng kòe kū put bê, An ti hong hok kim lâi piàn.

Tong sî chi kì ji̍p soaⁿ chhim, Chheng khe kí khiok kàu hûn lîm

Chhun lâi piàn sī thô hoe chúi, Put piān sian goân hô chhú sîm

出洞無論隔山水, 辭家終擬長游衍。

自謂經過舊不迷, 安知峰壑今來變。

當時只記入山深, 青溪幾曲到雲林?

春來遍是桃花水, 不辨仙源何處尋?

 

Folk-song-styled-verse          Wang Wei       A SONG OF PEACH-BLOSSOM RIVER

 

A fisherman is drifting, enjoying the spring mountains,

And the peach-trees on both banks lead him to an ancient source.

Watching the fresh-coloured trees, he never thinks of distance

Till he comes to the end of the blue stream and suddenly- strange men!

It's a cave-with a mouth so narrow that he has to crawl through;

But then it opens wide again on a broad and level path --

And far beyond he faces clouds crowning a reach of trees,

And thousands of houses shadowed round with flowers and bamboos....

Woodsmen tell him their names in the ancient speech of Han;

And clothes of the Qin Dynasty are worn by all these people

Living on the uplands, above the Wuling River,

On farms and in gardens that are like a world apart,

Their dwellings at peace under pines in the clear moon,

Until sunrise fills the low sky with crowing and barking.

...At news of a stranger the people all assemble,

And each of them invites him home and asks him where he was born.

Alleys and paths are cleared for him of petals in the morning,

And fishermen and farmers bring him their loads at dusk....

They had left the world long ago, they had come here seeking refuge;

They have lived like angels ever since, blessedly far away,

No one in the cave knowing anything outside,

Outsiders viewing only empty mountains and thick clouds.

...The fisherman, unaware of his great good fortune,

Begins to think of country, of home, of worldly ties,

Finds his way out of the cave again, past mountains and past rivers,

Intending some time to return, when he has told his kin.

He studies every step he takes, fixes it well in mind,

And forgets that cliffs and peaks may vary their appearance.

...It is certain that to enter through the deepness of the mountain,

A green river leads you, into a misty wood.

But now, with spring-floods everywhere and floating peachpetals --

Which is the way to go, to find that hidden source?

Meng Haoran A Spring Morning 唐詩 孟浩 然春曉 Tông si Bēng Hōjiân Chhun hiáu

Tông si Bēng Hōjiân “Chhun hiáu”

唐詩 孟浩然 春曉

Meng Haoran “A Spring Morning”

 

Chhun bîn put kak hiáu, Chhú chhù bûn thê niáu.

Iā lâi hong ú siaⁿ, Hoa lo̍k ti to siáu.

 

春眠不覺曉, 處處聞啼鳥。

夜來風雨聲, 花落知多少。

 

I awake light-hearted this morning of spring,

Everywhere round me the singing of birds --

But now I remember the night, the storm,

And I wonder how many blossoms were broken.