陈亮·《一丛花·溪堂玩月作》英译

江练隐寒光。

危阑醉倚人如画，

隔烟村、

何处鸣根？

乌鹊倦栖，

鱼龙惊起，

星斗挂垂杨。

芦花千顶水微茫。

秋色满江乡。

楼台恍似游仙梦，

又疑是、

洛浦潇湘。

风露浩然，

山河影转，

今古照凄凉。

A Shrub of Flowers

The Moon Viewed from the Hillside Hall

Chen Liang

The wheel-like icy moon rolls in mirrorlike sky,

The silklike stream exhales a silvery light.

Drunk, I lean on picturesque balustrade high.

Who’s catching fish by beating the desk at night?

Tired crows and magpies rest in their dark nest;

The startled fish and dragon leap from water deep,

Stars hang and freeze on willow trees.

The waterside reed’s bed for miles and miles outspread,

The village veiled in autumn hue.

Fantastic bowers seem to mingle with wild dream.

I doubt if the riverside is where fairies abide.

The breeze brings dew to the land anew,

And sheds a light dreary and cold now as of old.