陆游·《闻雨》英译

慷慨心犹壮，蹉跎鬓已秋。

百年殊鼎鼎，万事只悠悠。

不悟鱼千里，终归貉一丘。

夜阑闻急雨，起坐涕交流。

Listening to the Rain

Lu You

My heart is stout as in the days gone by,

Yet fleeting time has silvered my sparse hair;

Life’s little span is quickly past,

But will no end be made to men’s distress?

Why must a fish, eager to travel far,

Perish at last like foxes in one burrow?

Late at night, listening to the pelting rain,

I sit up and my face is bathed in tears.