唐詩三百首英譯 孟浩然：嵗暮歸南山

五言律詩

　　孟浩然

　　嵗暮歸南山

　　北闕休上書， 南山歸敝廬。

　　不才明主棄， 多病故人疏。

　　白發催年老， 青陽逼嵗除。

　　永懷愁不寐， 松月夜窗墟。

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　　Five-character-regular-verse

　　Meng Haoran

　　ON RETURNING AT THE YEAR'S END TO ZHONGNAN MOUNTAIN

　　I petition no more at the north palace-gate.

　　……To this tumble-down hut on Zhongnan Mountain

　　I was banished for my blunders， by a wise ruler.

　　I have been sick so long I see none of my friends.

　　My white hairs hasten my decline，

　　Like pale beams ending the old year.

　　Therefore I lie awake and ponder

　　On the pine-shadowed moonlight in my empty window.