遣悲懷之三 An Elegy III
元稹 Yuan Zhen
闲
坐
悲
君
亦
自
悲
,
I sit here alone, mourning for us both.
百
年
都
是
几
多
时
?
How many years do I lack now of my threescore and ten?
邓
攸
无
子
寻
知
命
,
There have been better men than I to whom heaven denied a son,
潘
岳
悼
亡
犹
费
词
。
There was a poet better than I whose dead wife could not hear him.
同
穴
窅
冥
何
所
望
?
What have I to hope for in the darkness of our tomb?
他
生
缘
会
更
难
期
。
You and I had little faith in a meeting after death-
惟
将
终
夜
长
开
眼
,
Yet my open eyes can see all night
报
答
平
生
未
展
眉
。
That lifelong trouble of your brow.
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