唐詩三百首英譯 孟浩然：望洞庭湖贈張丞相

五言律詩

孟浩然

望洞庭湖贈張丞相

八月湖水平， 涵虛混太清。

氣蒸雲夢澤， 波撼嶽陽城。

欲濟無舟楫， 耑居恥聖明。

坐觀垂釣者， 空有羨魚情。

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Five-character-regular-verse

Meng Haoran

A MESSAGE FROM LAKE DONGTIN TO PREMIER ZHANG

Here in the Eighth-month the waters of the lake

Are of a single air with heaven，

And a mist from the Yun and Meng valleys

Has beleaguered the city of Youzhou.

I should like to cross， but I can find no boat.

……How ashamed I am to be idler than you statesmen，

As I sit here and watch a fisherman casting

And emptily envy him his catch.