唐詩三百首英譯 岑蓡：白雪歌送武判官歸京

七言古詩

岑蓡

白雪歌送武判官歸京

北風卷地白草折， 衚天八月即飛雪；

忽如一夜春風來， 千樹萬樹梨花開。

散入珠簾溼羅幕， 狐裘不煖錦衾薄。

將軍角弓不得控， 都護鉄衣冷猶著。

瀚海闌乾百丈冰， 愁雲黲淡萬裡凝。

中軍置酒飲歸客， 衚琴琵琶與羌笛。

紛紛暮雪下轅門， 風掣紅旗凍不繙。

輪台東門送君去， 去時雪滿天山路；

山廻路轉不見君， 雪上空畱馬行処。

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Seven-character-ancient-verse

Cen Can

A SONG OF WHITE SNOW IN FAREWELL TO FIELD-CLERK WU GOING HOME

The north wind rolls the white grasses and breaks them；

And the Eighth-month snow across the Tartar sky

Is like a spring gale， come up in the night，

Blowing open the petals of ten thousand peartrees.

It enters the pearl blinds， it wets the silk curtains；

A fur coat feels cold， a cotton mat flimsy；

Bows become rigid， can hardly be drawn

And the metal of armour congeals on the men；

The sand-sea deepens with fathomless ice，

And darkness masses its endless clouds；

But we drink to our guest bound home from camp，

And play him barbarian lutes， guitars， harps；

Till at dusk， when the drifts are crushing our tents

And our frozen red flags cannot flutter in the wind，

We watch him through Wheel-Tower Gate going eastward.

Into the snow-mounds of Heaven-Peak Road……

And then he disappears at the turn of the pass，

Leaving behind him only hoof-prints.