唐詩三百首英譯 韋應物：寄李儋元錫

七言律詩

韋應物

寄李儋元錫

去年花裡逢君別， 今日花開又一年。

世事茫茫難自料， 春愁黯黯獨成眠。

身多疾病思田裡， 邑有流亡愧俸錢。

聞道欲來相問訊， 西樓望月幾廻圓。

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Wei Yingwu

TO MY FRIENDS LI DAN AND YUANXI

We met last among flowers， among flowers we parted，

And here， a year later， there are flowers again；

But， with ways of the world too strange to foretell，

Spring only brings me grief and fatigue.

I am sick， and I think of my home in the country-

Ashamed to take pay while so many are idle.

……In my western tower， because of your promise，

I have watched the full moons come and go.