唐诗三百首英译 韦庄：章台夜思

五言律诗

韦庄

章台夜思

清瑟怨遥夜， 绕弦风雨哀。

孤灯闻楚角， 残月下章台。

芳草已云暮， 故人殊未来。

乡书不可寄， 秋雁又南回。

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Wei Zhuang

A NIGHT THOUGHT ON TERRACE TOWER

Far through the night a harp is sighing

With a sadness of wind and rain in the strings……

There's a solitary lantern， a bugle-call ——

And beyond Terrace Tower down goes the moon.

……Fragrant grasses have changed and faded

While still I have been hoping that my old friend would come……

There are no more messengers I can send him，

Now that the wildgeese have turned south.