段成己·《江城子》英译

阶前流水玉鸣渠。爱吾庐，惬幽居。屋上青山，山鸟喜相呼。少日功名空自许，今老矣，欲何如。 　　<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

闲来活计未全疏。月边渔，雨边锄。花底风来，吹乱读残书。谁唤九原摩诘起，凭画作、《倦游图》。

Jiang Cheng Zi

Duan Cheng Ji

Water flows by my doorsteps –

A gurgling jade stream.

I love my little lodge

And cherish my reclusive living.

Back of my house stand mountains upon mountains,

Birds in them calling merrily to each other.

In my younger days

I promised myself a brilliant career.

Now I am old,

What would I like to do?

In my leisurely pace,

Everyday skills have not all been neglected:

Fishing by moonlight,

Turning up the soil after rain.

A wind blowing from under the flowers

Turns at random the pages of a book

I’ve been reading in the garden.

Who is now to alert Wang Mo Ji,

Urging him to paint a picture such as this,