薛涛·《鹦鹉离笼》英译

陇西独自一孤身，飞去飞来上锦茵。<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

都缘出语无方便，不得笼中再唤人。

A Parrot Separated from Its Cage

Xue Tao

It goes alone through Longxi¹,

    a solitary bird,

To and fro it flies, then lights

    upon the brocade cushion.

Just because it spoke some words

    discomforting its owner,

Never again can it summon folk,

calling from its cage.

1. Parrots (particularly white ones) were brought to the capital from Longxi, a mountainous region incorporating parts of present-day Gansu, Sichuan, and Shaanxi provinces.

（Stephen Owen 译）