王维·《春日上方即事》英译

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时看辟谷方。

鸠形将刻杖，

龟壳用支床。

柳色春山映，

梨花夕鸟藏。

北窗桃李下，

闲坐但焚香。

Spring at a Venerable Monk’s

The Eminent Monks is his favorite must,

From time to time he foodless goes.

A turtledove sits on top of his staff,

Beneath his bedstead tortoises repose.

The hills set off the willows’ green,

’Mid pear-flowers birds at dusk find ease.

But he sits by the window with a mind serene,

The incense smoke curling up to the trees.