韩愈·《自咏》英译

一封朝奏九重天，夕贬潮州路八千。

本为圣朝除弊政，敢将衰朽惜残年？

云横秦岭家何在？雪拥蓝关马不前。

知汝远来应有意，好收吾骨瘴江边。

For My Nephew

Han Yu

At dawn to Royal Court a proposal was made;

At dusk I’m banished eight thousand li away.

To undo the misdeeds I would have given aide;

Dare I have spared myself with powers in dacay?

The Ridge veiled in barred clouds, my home cannot be seen;

The Blue Pass clad in snow, my horse won’t forward go.

You have come from afar and I know what you mean;

To bury my old bones where miasmic water flow.