12月20日

〈念奴嬌〉過洞庭
宋 張孝祥 ( 1132~1169 )

洞庭青草，近中秋、更無一點風色。
玉鑒瓊田三萬頃，著我扁舟一葉。
素月分輝，明河共影，表裡俱澄澈。
悠然心會，妙處難與君說。
應念嶺海經年，孤光自照，肝肺皆冰雪。
短髮蕭騷襟袖冷，穩泛滄浪空闊。
盡吸西江，細斟北斗，萬象為賓客。
扣舷獨笑，不知今夕何夕！

──選自《全宋詞》

December 20

Passing Dongting Tune: The Charm of Niannu
Zhang Xiaoxiang (1132 - 1169, Song Dynasty)
English translation: John Balcom

Dongting Lake, Qingcao Lake,
Near mid-autumn.
Calm; no winds blow.

Thirty thousand acres shimmer with a jade glow,
Carrying my leaflike boat.
The pure moon shines upon it,
The Milky Way casts a shadow.
It is clear and bright inside and out.

With joy, my mind understands,
But this wondrous place is difficult to speak of.

I should remember my years in seas of Linghai,
Illuminating myself with solitary light,
My organs like snow and ice.

Hair sparse, clothing thin and cold;
Steadily my boat proceeds
    between the vast sky and the water.

The Xijiang overflows─
Lean on the Big Dipper.
All things are my guests.

Tying the ship off, I laugh, what night is it tonight?

── from Quan Song Ci (Complete Collection of Song Poems)