Four Miscellaneous Poems
杂诗四首
1
其一∶
When civil service takes me far awav.
My heart is torn apart in either way.
With hidden tears, I set sail to the east
And flow with time and tide that's never ceased
遥遥从羁役，一心处两端。
掩泪汛东逝，顺流追时迁。
When the sun has set, the stars begin to shine
Above the western peak and then decline.
Across the country by myself I roam.
But vearn to have a dailv meal at home.
日没星与昂，势翳西山巅。
萧条隔又涯，惆怅念常餐。
Although I yearn to go home to the south.
The lengthy distance makes me shut my mouih.
As contact is cut off by hills and rills,
I write this poems to clarify my wills.
慷慨思南归，路遐无由缘。
关梁难亏替，绝音寄斯篇。
II
其二∶
I live at ease and hold ideals sublime.
But cannot stop the ceaseless flow of time.
As civil service keeps me on the run.
I travel east to have my mission done.
The clouds loom in the sky when I depart
While dismal winds excites my lonely heart.
闲居执荡志，时驶不可稽。
驱役无停息，轩裳逝东崖。
沈阴拟薰麝，寒气激我怀。
Along its normal course the seasons steer，
But long enough indeed is my career.
Though patriotic feelings did remain,
I've quit the feelings from my brain.
岁月有常御，我来淹已弥。
慷慨忆绸缪，此情久已离。
How time flies! Ten years have already passed
Since I served the king and was bound fast.
The verdant trees within my yard still grow,
But time and tide goes fast as livers flow.
荏苒经十载，暂为人所羁。
庭宇翳馀木，倏忽日月亏。
III
其三∶
On missions not too long away from home,
Cold winds blew hard when I began my roam.
When spring revives, the swallows in the sky,
Around the dusty rafters fly and fly.
Sad as homeless migrants, the north-bound geese
Return in flocks to seek their homeland ease.
我行未云远，回顾惨风凉。
春燕应节起，高飞拂尘梁。
边雁悲无所，代谢归北乡。
A lonely song is murmured by a drake,
Who’ll go through heat and frost upon the lake.
Too sad, too sad for me to say a word,
Spring nights are dull for me, a lonesome bird.
离昆鸣清池，涉暑经秋霜。
愁人难为辞，遥遥春夜长。
IV
其四∶
A pine stands on the cliff, so slender, so slender,
Stands there like a boy, so tender，so tender.
As a youngster fifteen years of age,
How can it grow taller than the average?
Full of energy and full of vigour,
It'll surely grow into a mighty figure.
袅袅松标崖，婉娈柔童子。
年始二五间，乔柯何可倚。
养色含津气，粲然有心理。