寒山·《琴书须自随》英译

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投辇从贤妇，巾车有孝儿。

风吹曝麦地，水溢沃鱼池。

常念鹪鹩鸟，安身在一枝。

No. 5

Lute and books must be right by your side,

Of what use are wealth and rank?

In turning down the king’s carriage, I followed the words of my virtuous wife;

For my officer “Lord of the Cart,” I have my filial son.

The wind blows, drying my fields of wheat;

The water overflows, keeping full my fish pond.

I always remember those little wrens,

Who rest content with one twig.

（Robert. G. Henricks 译）

I Study a Waxen Seal, Unbroken

My mind’s scales test my zither and books,

The promise of wealth and power. Which one flies up, weightless?

The king’s carriage at the door, I turn

Towards my wife’s wise words, my noble son.

Here, the wind dries grain on the warming floor,

And the constant stream fills my pool with fish.

In my garden, I see a lone tailorbird

Adeptly building, its nest balanced on a single limb.

（Peter Stambler 译）