李少石·《寄内》英译

一朝分袂两相思，何日归来不可期。

岂待途穷方有泪？也惊时难忍无辞。

生当忧患原应尔，死得成仁未足悲。

莫为远人憔悴尽，阿湄犹赖汝扶持。

To My Wife When Leaving

Li Shao-shih

Today we part and I

think of you, as do you of me

no way of knowing when

we shall see each other again;

not that we are forced

to leave each other, but still

we weep because of the uncertainty

for we are born in a period

when our land is weak; if I die

do not waste time in mourning for me

and do not worry that I might

lack food or clothing; your task

is to bring up our child

and teach him well.

（Rewi Alley 译）