月落乌啼霜满天,江枫渔火对愁眠。
姑苏城外寒山寺,夜半钟声到客船。
译文:明月西落秋霜满天,几声乌啼山前;江上渔火映红枫树,愁绪搅我难眠。呵,苏州城外那闻名海内的寒山寺;夜半钟声,漫悠悠地飘到我的船边。
作者:张继(约715—约779),字懿孙,唐代诗人,襄州(州治在今湖北省襄阳市)人。生平不甚可知。天宝十二年(公元753年)进士,《唐才子传》中说他“博览有识,好谈论,知治体”,提到他是一位重视气节,有抱负有理想的人,不仅有诗名,品格也受人敬重。他的诗爽朗激越,不事雕琢,比兴幽深,事理双切,对后世颇有影响。流传下来的不到五十首。
英译:
A NIGHT-MOORING NEAR MAPLE BRIDGE
Zhang Ji
While I watch the moon go down, a crow caws through the frost;
Under the shadows of maple-trees a fisherman moves with his torch;
And I hear, from beyond Suzhou, from the temple on Cold Mountain,
Ringing for me, here in my boat, the midnight bell.
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