DF256翻譯對比：秦州見敕目薛三璩授司議郎（杜甫)

DF256翻譯對比：秦州見敕目薛三璩授司議郎，畢四曜除監察。與二子有故，遠喜遷官，兼述索居， 凡三十韻（杜甫/Du Fu）

a. Thirty Couplets on Seeing Xu Ju Third Made Si Yi Lang and Bi Yao Made Jian Cha on Officials』 Appointment List; I Am Acquainted With Both of Them and Am Pleased for Their Transfers; I Also Tell About My Life in Solitude.

b. At Qinzhou I Saw the List in an Edict in Which Xue Ju (3) Was Made Remonstrating Secretary and Bi Yao (4) Took Investigating Censor. I Have Old Association with Both of These Men, and from Afar I Am Delighted in Their Transfers. I Also Give an Account of My Simple Life: In All Thirty Couplets.

a. translated by alexcwlin/edited by Adam Lam

b. translated by哈佛大學的宇文所安教授（Prof. Stephen Owen）

大雅何寥闊，

a. As scholars, your knowledge is broad and profound.

b. The Great Odes are lost in the distance,

斯人尚典刑。

a. Being individuals, you are respected role-models of society.

b. but such men as these are still canonical models.

交期余潦倒，

a. During our association, I』ve been unfulfilled and impoverished.

b. When we were in contact, I was too unrestrained,

材力爾精靈。

a. At the same time, you have shown brilliance in abilities.

b. while you had spiritual energy in talent』s power.

二子聲同日，

a. The two of you rose to fame on the same day.

b. You two became famous on the very same day;

諸生困一經。

a. Other scholars』 stick-in-the-mud minds are confined to single literature discipline.

b. common scholars are trapped in a single Classic.

文章開穾奧，

a. Overwhelmingly enlightening and informative are your writings.

b. Your compositions reveal the secret recesses,

遷擢潤朝廷。

a. Your promotions to higher ranks grace the dynasty.

b. your promotions lend a luster to the court.

舊好何由展，

a. How can I express my congratulation to you—my old friends?

b. How can I express our former good relations?—

新詩更憶聽。

a. A newly-composed poem would be most memorable and ear-pleasing.

b. again I recall listening to your recent poems.

別來頭併白，

a. Since last time we met, all our hairs have turned gray.

b. Since we parted, the hair of us all has whitened,

相見眼終青。

a. My eyes light up in seeing you again.

b. when we meet, may you ever show your eye?-pupils.

伊昔貧皆甚，

a. Like the old days, I stay very poor.

b. In the past we were all extremely poor,

同憂歲不寧。

a. As well, I worry time would not pass smoothly.

b. jointly worried that these years were not tranquil.

棲遑分半菽，

a. Food is insufficient and I scramble to make ends meet.

b. Sharing meals half of beans, we wandered restlessly,

浩蕩逐流萍。

a. Restlessly I am like drifting duckweed at mercy of water current.

b. swept along, we went with the drifting duckweed.

俗態猶猜忌，

a. While the world was cynical towards dynasty official in power,

b. Ordinary people still behaved with distrust and dislike,

妖氛忽杳冥。

a. evil rebels suddenly cast a shadow over the nation.

b. demonic vapors all at once blurred everything.

獨慚投漢閣，

a. Regrettably I was trapped in enemy territory.

b. I alone am ashamed to have jumped from the tower of Han,

俱議哭秦庭。

a. Opinions varied in seeking foreign military assistance.

b. we all discussed weeping in the courtyard of Qin.

還蜀祇無補，

a. In returning to side of Emperor, I provided no help to him

b. I returned to Shu, but was simply of no help,

囚梁亦固扃。

a. Officials were confined in Luoyang.

b. you were imprisoned in Liang, and locked up fast.

華夷相混合，

a. Han and foreign ethnic people mingled together.

b. Chinese and barbarian were mixed together,

宇宙一膻腥。

a. Seemingly the universe was pervaded with stench.

b. the whole universe had a uniform stench.

帝力收三統，

a. Calendar year reverted to name of Emperor』s dynasty.

b. The emperor』s power brought in the 「three calendars,」

天威總四溟。

a. His Majesty』s power spread over entire country.

b. Heaven』s majesty united the sea?-girt world.

舊都俄望幸，

a. People in old capital looked forward to Emperor』s arrival.

b. The former capital expected the emperor』s arrival soon,

清廟肅惟馨。

a. Imperial ancestral temple was dignified and incense-permeated.

b. the pure ancestral temple was solemn and fragrant.

雜種雖高壁，

a. Although those crossbreeds were behind high walls,

b. Though those half?-breeds had high walls,

長驅甚建瓴。

a. yet our army quickly bulldozed them over.

b. we galloped on, more forceful than a pitcher of water on a roof.

焚香淑景殿，

a. Joss sticks were lit in Shujing Palace.

b. Burning incense in Pure Light Basilica,

漲水望雲亭。

a. High water provided for Emperor』s pavilion sightseeing pleasure.

b. brimming waters at Cloud?-gazing Pavilion.

法駕初還日，

a. On day when his Majesty』s coach first returned,

b. The day when the imperial coach first returned

群公若會星。

a. officials gathered were few like celestial stars.

b. the crowds of gentlemen were like gathered stars.

宮臣仍點染，

a. Emperor』s assistants touched up on recording.

b. The palace official was still tainted,

柱史正零丁。

a. Imperial secretary was standing alone by himself.

b. the censor had then fallen into isolation.

官忝趨棲鳳，

a. I was unworthy to be a personal aide to Emperor.

b. Unworthy of my post, I hurried past Roosting Phoenix Tower,

朝回歎聚螢。

a. Back from court, my firefly-infested residence looked grim.

b. back from court, I sighed about your gathering glowworms.

喚人看騕褭，

a. I resembled a prized steed that sought appreciation.

b. I called people to look at these Yaoniao steeds,

不嫁惜娉婷。

a. Like spinster, I passed up other opportunities to wait for recognition.

b. not married, I pitied your grace and charm.

掘劍知埋獄，

a. Similar to an unearthed sword, my talent was buried.

b. They dug up the sword, knowing it was buried by the prison,

提刀見發硎。

a. In being activated, I was like a fresh-from-whetstone blade in hand.

b. when the knife was lifted, it was fresh from the whetstone.

侏儒應共飽，

a. Things fell into small people』s laps and they didn』t have to earn them.

b. Those dwarves there surely all ate their fill,

漁父忌偏醒。

a. As a righteous person, I was mistrusted for speaking my mind soberly.

b. the fisherman hated the one who was singularly sober.

旅泊窮清渭，

a. In this journey, I stayed perfectly virtuous like limpid River Wei.

b. Journeying along, I went all the way up the clear Wei,

長吟望濁涇。

a. I chanted mournfully in looking at muddy-River-Jing-like corrupted people.

b. chanting long, I gazed at the turbid Jing.

羽書還似急，

a. Feather-adorned military letters coming in appeared urgent.

b. Winged dispatches again seem urgent,

烽火未全停。

a. Not all beacon fires had halted.

b. beacon fires have not entirely stopped.

師老資殘寇，

a. Troops dispatched to quell residual rebels were old.

b. Our army ages, lending force to remaining rebels,

戎生及近坰。

a. Resurgent enemy forces were driving close to suburb.

b. the Rong live on, reaching the near suburbs.

忠臣辭憤激，

a. Staunch officials were fired up in speaking out.

b. Loyal officials are outraged in their words,

烈士涕飄零。

a. People got teary at fallen soldiers in defeat.

b. brave soldiers stream with tears.

上將盈邊鄙，

a. Top ranking generals lined the border.

b. Top generals fill the frontiers,

元勳溢鼎銘。

a. Inscriptions of heroes』 names with distinction filled tripod caldrons.

b. supreme merit floods tripod inscriptions.

仰思調玉燭，

a. In looking up, I mused over times of peace and prosperity.

b. I yearn for someone to harmonize the jade candle,

誰定握青萍。

a. Who would decide the person holding military power?

b. who will decide to grasp Green Duckweed?

隴俗輕鸚鵡，

a. The world doesn』t value much of me like story on parrots in Long District.

b. The ways of Long despise parrots,

原情類鶺鴒。

a. My instinct to yearn for my love ones is like that of a wagtail bird.

b. my feelings of the plain are as for the wagtails.

秋風動關塞，

a. When autumn wind swirls around border passes,

b. The autumn wind stirs the frontier passes,

高臥想儀形。

a. images of you come up while I lie comfortably in bed.

b. I rest aloof, imagining your appearance.

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