如果說中文詩詞最美的英文翻譯，那麽必須要提的壹個人是許淵沖先生，被譽為“詩譯英法唯壹人”。在國內外出版中、英、法文著譯六十本，包括《詩經》、《楚辭》、《李白詩選》、《西廂記》、《紅與黑》、《包法利夫人》、《追憶似水年華》等中外名著。
其中我認為最美的壹首是蘇軾《臨江仙·夜歸臨臯》夜飲東坡醒復醉，歸來仿佛三更。家童鼻息已雷鳴。敲門都不應，倚杖聽江聲。長恨此身非我有，何時忘卻營營。夜闌風靜縠紋平。小舟從此逝，江海寄余生。
RiversideDaffodils Come Back Lin Gao at Night
SuShi
Drinking at Eastern Slope by night, I sober,then get drunk again. When Icome back,it's near midnight, I hear the thunder of my houseboy's snore; Iknock but no one answers the door. What can I do but, leaning on my cane Listen to the river's refrain?
I long regret Iam not master of my own. When can I ignore the hums of up and down? In the still night the soft winds quiver On ripples of the river. From now on I would vanish with my little boat; For the rest of my life on the sea I would float.