
【宋】苏轼

By SU Shi
Tr. ZHAO Yanchun
Like ice, her skin so nice,
Clean of sweat, cool, fresh sheens her arm;
From the pool kiosk blows in a waft of balm.
The curtain drawn off,
A disc of bright moon does inside peep:
Is she now asleep?
Hairpin tilting, it's a loose charm.
He gets up to lead her hand fair
To stroll through the court calm.
Across the Milky Way a meteor flies.
How is the night, may I show care?
It's near daybreak, near dawn.
The moon does still glare,
The Dipper turns low there.
She counts on her fingers: when will west wind blow here?
But the year goes away when we are not aware.
苏轼(1037年-1101年),字子瞻、和仲,号铁冠道人、东坡居士,世称苏东坡、苏仙,眉州眉山(今四川省眉山市)人,北宋文学家、书画家、唐宋八大家之一。作品有《东坡七集》《东坡易传》等。SU Shi (1037-1101), Zizhan and Hezhong by courtesy names, Dongpo and Iron Crown Taoist by literary names, known as Su Dongpo and Su Immortal. The poet, a native of Mt. Mei, Meizhou (present-day Mt. Mei, Sichuan Province), was a litterateur and calligrapher in the Northern Song dynasty, and was honored as one of the “Eight Great Litterateurs of the Tang and Song Dynasties”. His works include Seven Volumes by Dongpo and Dongpo’s Commentary on I Ching.(彭雅卓译)赵彦春 博士生导师,上海大学中国文化翻译研究中心主任,国际学术期刊Translating China主编,国际汉学与教育研究会会长、传统文化翻译与国际传播专业委员会会长、中国先秦史学会国学双语研究会执行会长、中国国学双语研究会执行会长,中国语言教育研究会副会长、其翻译作品,被誉为“有史以来最美汉英翻译”“神翻译”“神还原”。Biosketch of the TranslatorZHAO Yanchun, Professor of English at Shanghai University, Director of Center for Translation of Chinese Culture, Editor of Translating China, President of International Sinology and Education, President of Chinese Culture Translation and International Promotion, Executive President of Chinese Classics Bilinguals’ Association, Vice President of China Language Education Association, a proponent of the principle of translating poesies into poesies and classics into classics. His translations have been widely reported and acclaimed as the unprecedented Chinese-English translation, the best, the choice, the cream.
