(唐)杜牧
清明時節雨紛紛,路上行人欲斷魂。
借問酒家何處有?牧童遙指杏花村。
中文:清明這天毛毛雨,紛紛揚揚;
孤身趕路掃墓人,心境淒涼。
“請問哪裏有酒店,借酒消愁?”
牧童笑笑指遠方:“杏花村有!”
吳鈞陶英譯(韻式aaba)
It drizzles thick and fast on the Pure Brightness Day,
I travel with my heart lost in dismay.
"Is there a public house somewhere, cowboy?"
He points at Apricot Village faraway.
(易讀指數70.8/難度系數5.1)
許淵沖英譯(韻式aabb)
A drizzling rain falls like tears on the Mourning Day;
The mourner's heart is going to break on his way.
Where can a wineshop be found to drown his sad hours?
A cowherd points to a cot 'mid apricot flowers.
(92.3/2.8)
蔡廷幹英譯(韻式aabb)
The rain falls thick and fast on All Souls' Day,
The men and women sadly move along the way.
They ask where wineshops can be found or where to rest ----
And there the herdboy's fingers Almond-Town suggest.
(71.8/5.2)
孫大雨英譯(韻式aaba)
Upon the Clear-and-Bright Feast of spring,the rain drizzleth down in spray.
Pedestrians on countryside ways,in gloom are pinning away.
When asked "Where a tavern fair for rest,is hereabouts to be found",
The shepherd boy the Apricot Bloom Vill, doth point to afar and say.
(73.4/5.8)
楊憲益、戴乃叠英譯(無韻譯法)
It drizzles endless during the rainy season in spring,
Travelers along the road look gloomy and miserable.
When I ask a shepherd boy where I can find a tavern,
He points at a distant hamlet nestling amidst apricot blossoms.
(47.3/8.8)
萬昌盛、王僴中英譯(韻式aabb)
The ceaseless drizzle drips all the dismal day,
So broken-hearted fares the traveler on the way.
When asked where could be found a tavern bower,
A cowboy points to yonder village of the apricot flower.
(61.4/6.9)
吳偉雄英譯(韻式aabb)
It drizzles thick and fast on the Mourning Day,
The mourner's heart is going to break on his way.
When asked for a wineshop to drown his sad hours?
A cowboy points to a hamlet amid apricot flowers.
(86.1/3.6)
吳偉雄英譯(韻式aaba)
It drizzles thick and fast on the Mourning Day,
The mourner travels with his heart lost in dismay.
When asked for a wineshop to kill his gloomy time,
A cowboy points at Almond Hamlet far away.
(78.8/4.3)