孟浩然·《岁末归南山》英译

北阙休上书，南山归敝庐。

不才明主弃，多病故人疏。

白发催年老，春阳避岁除。

永怀愁不寐，松月夜窗虚。

Returning to the South Mountain at the Year’s End

Meng Haoran

No more petitions will I submit at the north palace gate,

Because on South Mountain my humble hut for me does wait.

As I’m talentless, His Majesty bears me not in mind;

And sickly too, my old friends leave me alone and behind.

My hoary hair urges me on to my declining years;

New Year’s Eve is compelled me to flee as the green spring nears.

I can’t fall asleep, for my heart turns ever with sorrow;