唐诗三百首英译 韦应物：寄李儋元锡

七言律诗

韦应物

寄李儋元锡

去年花里逢君别， 今日花开又一年。

世事茫茫难自料， 春愁黯黯独成眠。

身多疾病思田里， 邑有流亡愧俸钱。

闻道欲来相问讯， 西楼望月几回圆。

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Wei Yingwu

TO MY FRIENDS LI DAN AND YUANXI

We met last among flowers， among flowers we parted，

And here， a year later， there are flowers again；

But， with ways of the world too strange to foretell，

Spring only brings me grief and fatigue.

I am sick， and I think of my home in the country-

Ashamed to take pay while so many are idle.

……In my western tower， because of your promise，

I have watched the full moons come and go.