白居易·《白云泉》英译

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云自无心水自闲。

何必奔冲山下去，

更添波浪向人间！

The White Cloud Spring

Bai Juyi

On Taiping Hill is a nice wellspring,

Where white clouds overhead float at leisure in heaven wide.

Why should it flow down the hill with a swing,

And cause on earth wave after wave of tide?

（丰华瞻 译）

White Cloud Fountain

Bai Juyi

Behold the White Cloud Fountain on the Sky-blue Mountain!

White clouds enjoy free pleasure; water enjoys leisure.

Why should the torrent dash down from the mountain high,

And overflow the human world with waves far and high.

（许渊冲 译）