8月17日

杜甫詩選 ─ 旅夜書懷
唐 杜甫 ( 712~770 )

細草微風岸，危檣獨夜舟；
星垂平野闊，月湧大江流。
名豈文章著？官應老病休；
飄飄何所似，天地一沙鷗。
──選自《全唐詩》

August 17

Selection of Poems by Du Fu - Thoughts While Traveling at Night
Du Fu (712 - 770, Tang Dynasty)
English translation: John Balcom

A breeze blows through the grassy bank,
The high mast of a ship alone at night.
A star shines broadly across the land,
The moon flows following the great river

Has my fame come from writing alone?
As I grow old and sick, I should take leave of my position.
Blowing, blowing. How can it be?
Between heaven and earth, a lone seagull.

── from Quan Tang Shi (Complete Collection of Tang Poems)