韩愈·《秋怀诗十一首（其九）》英译

霜风侵梧桐，众叶著树乾。

空阶一片下，琤若摧琅玕。

谓是夜气灭，望舒霣其团。

青冥无依倚，飞辙危难安。

惊起出户视，倚楹久汍澜。

忧愁费晷景，日月如跳丸。

迷复不计远，为君驻尘鞍。

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Thoughts on an Autumn Night

A frosty wind is teasing the wutong tree,

Huddled leaves clinging to the branches.

Onto the deserted doorstep one leaf drops

With a clink like a falling gem.

“Is the night drawing its last breath?

Has the coachman of the Moon become

So distracted that he has jolted the disc

Down the precarious blue?”—With a start

I wake, and come out to have a look. On the railing

I lean and gaze long, in tears.—In pointless worries

So much time has been wasted, with sun and moon busy

Like a juggler’s balls. Come back to the right way,

My friend, however far you have gone astray;

For you may the stars hold their galloping paces.