张孝祥·《念奴娇·过洞庭》英译

洞庭青草，近中秋、更无一点风色。玉监琼田三万顷，着我扁舟一叶。素月分辉，明河共影，表裹俱澄澈。悠然心会，妙处难与君说。   <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

应念岭表经年，孤光自照，肝胆皆冰雪。短发萧骚襟袖冷，稳泛沧浪空阔。尽吸西江，细斟北斗，万象为宾客。扣舷独啸，不知令夕何夕。

The Charm of a Maiden Singer

Zhang Xiaoxiang

Lake Dongting, Lake Green Grass,

Near the Mid-autumn night,

Unruffled for no winds pass,

Like thirty thousand acres of jade bright

Dotted with the leaflike boat of mine.

The skies with pure moonbeams o’erflow;

The water surface paved with moonshine:

Brightness above, brightness below.

My heart with the moon becomes one,

Felicity to share with none.

Thinking of the southwest, where I passed a year,

To lonely pure moonlight skin,

I feel my heart and soul snow-and-ice-clear.

Although my hair is short and spares, my gown too thin,

In the immense expanse I keep floating up.

Drinking wine from the River West

And using Dipper as wine cup,

I invite Nature to be my guest.

Beating time aboard and crooning alone.