（古詩英譯）早秋客舍 – 杜牧

早秋客舍 – 杜牧

 

風吹一片葉，萬物已驚秋。

獨夜他鄉淚，年年為客愁。

別離何處盡，搖落幾時休。

不及磻溪叟，身閑長自由。

 

At Inn in Early Autumn by Du Mu

 

The wuthering wind whirls a leaf...

It startles all – “fall’s here to reign.”

Night tears mirror a drifter’s grief,

Year by year, nostalgia stirs pain.

Where will such parting come to cease?

When could leaf-drifting end amain?

Unlike that old creek man at ease,

His life, carefree, content, though plain.

 

Tr. Ziyuzile

19/11/2024