王维·《李处士山居》英译

君子盈天阶，

小人甘自免。

方随炼金客，

林上家绝巚。

背岭花未开，

人云树深浅。

清昼犹自眠，

山鸟时一啭。

Mr. Li’s (1) Mountain Hermitage

While the virtuous fill the imperial court,

The mean are content they’re free from care.

To follow an alchemist — that’s what he’s sought.

On that peak is his house. See the woods up there!

Without sunlight this slope has not yet blooms,

The trees ‘cross the clouds look thick or thin.

Long after day breaks, his snoring still booms;

By chance some warbling of birds floats in.

(1)Mr. Li was a private scholar.

（王宝童 译）