杜牧 《清明》英译

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杜牧 清明

清明时节雨纷纷，路上行人欲断魂。
借问酒家何处有？牧童遥指杏花村。

唐一鹤 Pure Brightness (Qing Ming) Festival By Du MU
It’s drizzling thickly and profusely On the Pure Brightness Day.
A wayfarer is overwhelmed with sorrows On his way.
“Excuse me, can you tell me  Where to find a wineshop in the village?”
“Over there,” the shepherd boy pointing to The distant Apricot Blossoms Village.
Note and Commentary:
The poem describes a pedestrian traveling in the countryside in the midst of drizzling on the Qing Ming Festival, who asks a shepherd boy where to find a wineshop to dispel his sorrows.

陈君朴 The Qingming Festival  By Du Mu
On the Qingming Day, rain is falling uninterrupted,
And the wayfarer is more than ever broken-hearted;
“Is there any wine shop hereabouts?” A buffalo boy
Points to a distant village where apricots are spotted.

蔡廷干 译：
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.

万昌盛、王僴中 译：
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.

许渊冲 译：
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.

吴钧陶 译：
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.

杨宪益、戴乃迭 译：
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.

孙大雨 译：
The Clear-and-Bridge Feast By Du Mu
Upon the Clear-and-Bright Feast of spring
The rain drizzleth down in spray.
Pedestrians on country-side ways
In gloom are pining 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.