夢李白之二 Seeing Li Bai in a Dream II

杜甫 Du Fu

浮 雲 終 日 行 ，
This cloud, that has drifted all day through the sky,
fú yún zhōng rì xíng ，
遊 子 久 不 至 ；
May, like a wanderer, never come back....
yóu zi jiǔ bù zhì ；
三 夜 頻 夢 君 ，
Three nights now I have dreamed of you –
sān yè pín mèng jūn ，
情 親 見 君 意 。
As tender, intimate and real as though I were awake.
qíng qīn jiàn jūn yì 。
告 歸 常 局 促 ，
And then, abruptly rising to go,
gào guī cháng jú cù ，
苦 道 來 不 易 。
You told me the perils of adventure
kǔ dào lái bù yì 。
江 湖 多 風 波 ，
By river and lake-the storms, the wrecks,
jiāng hú duō fēng bō ，
舟 楫 恐 失 墜 。
The fears that are borne on a little boat;
zhōu jí kǒng shī zhuì 。
出 門 搔 白 首 ，
And, here in my doorway, you rubbed your white head
chū mén sāo bái shǒu ，
若 負 平 生 志 。
As if there were something puzzling you.
ruò fù píng shēng zhì 。
冠 蓋 滿 京 華 ，
...Our capital teems with officious people,
guān gài mǎn jīng huá ，
斯 人 獨 憔 悴 。
While you are alone and helpless and poor.
sī rén dú qiáo cuì 。
孰 云 網 恢 恢 ？
Who says that the heavenly net never fails?
shú yún wǎng huī huī ？
將 老 身 反 累 ！
It has brought you ill fortune, old as you are.
jiāng lǎo shēn fǎn lèi ！
千 秋 萬 歲 名 ，
...A thousand years' fame, ten thousand years' fame-
qiān qiū wàn suì míng ，
寂 寞 身 後 事 。
What good, when you are dead and gone.
jì mò shēn hòu shì 。

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