蔡琰·《胡笳十八拍·第八拍》英译

为天有眼兮何不见我独漂流，为神有灵兮何事处我天南海北头。

我不负天兮天何配我殊匹，我不负神兮神何殛我越荒州。

制兹八拍兮拟排忧，何知曲成兮转悲愁。 

Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute     

Cai Yan        

Song 8

Heaven is supposed to have eyes; how can it not see me drifting alone?

Spirits should have some power; how came I south of the sky and north of the sea?

I did not offend Heaven; how could Heaven match me with such a strange mate?

I did not offend the spirits; how could the spirits have cast me into the distant wilderness?

I composed my eighth song to give form to my grief,