鱼玄机·《期友人阻雨不至》英译

雁鱼空有信，鸡黍恨无期。

闭户方笼月，褰帘已散丝。

近泉鸣砌畔，远浪涨江湄。

乡思悲秋客，愁吟五字诗。

To an Awaited Friend Held up by the Rains

Yu Xuanji

How sad we have no chance to meet

although we’ve been in touch.

As I close the door,

it’s bathed in the light of the moon;

when I raise the blind,

a drizzle’s already begun.

The murmuring of a nearby spring

is heard by the staircase of stone;

while distant waves are swelling

down by the river’s shore.

Thoughts of home bring sadness

to the traveler in autumn,

reciting lines of poetry

in a melancholy way.

（Bannie Chow, Thomas Cleary 译）