唐诗三百首英译 孟浩然：望洞庭湖赠张丞相

五言律诗

孟浩然

望洞庭湖赠张丞相

八月湖水平， 涵虚混太清。

气蒸云梦泽， 波撼岳阳城。

欲济无舟楫， 端居耻圣明。

坐观垂钓者， 空有羡鱼情。

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Meng Haoran

A MESSAGE FROM LAKE DONGTIN TO PREMIER ZHANG

Here in the Eighth-month the waters of the lake

Are of a single air with heaven，

And a mist from the Yun and Meng valleys

Has beleaguered the city of Youzhou.

I should like to cross， but I can find no boat.

……How ashamed I am to be idler than you statesmen，

As I sit here and watch a fisherman casting

And emptily envy him his catch.