一颗诗心浸瑶池

作者｜白鹤清泉

英译｜周柯楠

A Poetic Heart Immersed in Yaochi Lake 

By Baihe Qingquan 

Translated by Zhou Kenan 

一份渴望连着一份惊喜

一份羞涩里平添一份欣慰

A desire is connected with a surprise

A little shyness is followed by a relief and delight 

天池，我带着一颗诗心奔你而来

我知道自己平凡但还是想超越

The Heavenly Lake,I have come to you with a poetic heart

I know I'm ordinary,but I still want to go beyond 

我想把一个诗人的向往

带到离天最近离尘最远的地方

I want to take a poet's yearning 

To the place nearest to the sky and farthest from the dust 

我的诗只是一方小小的墨砚

为了高考成绩暂时存放书柜一隅

My poetry is just a small ink-stone

Which I have temporarily stored in the bookcase for the college entrance examination results 

我要掬一捧天池的圣水

洗去孩子们功利的尘埃

With a handful of the holy water of the Heavenly Lake 

I want to wash away the utilitarian dust of the children 

我要用福寿寺文昌阁的梵音

浸化孩子们快乐求知的心灵

In the Sanskrit of Wenchang Pavilion in Fushou Temple 

I’d like to immerse the children's happy hearts of seeking knowledge

多想成为千年古榆上的一片叶子

注目西王母镇海神针点化天山

How I want to be a leaf on a thousand-year-old elm

Watching Western Queen Mother reveal the Heavenly Mountains with the magic cudgel 

且将诗心一颗浸泡天池

谪仙啊，请你归来

同赊明月同赋诗

Also I’d like to immerse my poetic heart in the Heavenly Lake 

Banished Immortal,come back please 

Let’s share in the bright moon and indite poems together 

（2019年6月20日游天山天池）

(Written during the tour of the Heavenly Lake in the Heavenly Mountains on June 20th,2019.)

【注释】

immerse [ɪ'mɜːs]浸入，沉浸于

Yaochi Lake 瑶池

relief [rɪ'liːf]宽慰

Heavenly Lake 天池

yearning ['jɜːnɪŋ]向往，渴望]

ink-stone 墨砚

temporarily [ˋtɛmpə͵rɛrili]暂时

holy water 圣水

utilitarian [juː‚tɪlɪ'teəriən ]功利的

Sanskrit ['sænskrɪt]梵音，梵语

pavilion [pə'vɪljən]亭，阁

elm [elm]榆树

Western Queen Mother 西王母

reveal [rɪ'viːl]点化，启示

magic cudgel [ˋkʌdʒəl]魔棒

indite [inˈdait] 赋诗，写

Banished Immortal 谪仙（指唐代诗人李白）