雙語詩歌翻譯|杜荀鶴·《送人遊吳》

《送人游吳》是唐代詩人杜荀鶴的作品。此詩八句四十字，通過想象描繪了蘇州的風物景致，敘事狀物可謂是恰如其分。其中“古宮閑地少，水港小橋多”兩句成為描寫蘇州城建筑特色的千古名句。

送人遊吳

杜荀鶴

君到姑蘇見，人家盡枕河。

古宮閑地少，水巷小橋多。

夜市賣菱藕，春船載綺羅。

遙知未眠月，鄉(xiāng)思在漁歌。

See a Friend Off to Wu

Tu Hsun-ho

I see you to Ku-su.

Homes there, sleeping by the stream.

Ancient palace, few abandoned spots.

And by the harbor, many little bridges.

In the night market, lotus, fruit and roots.

On the spring barges, satins and gauze.

Know, far off, the moon still watches.

Think of me there, in the fisherman’s song.

（J. P. Seaton 譯）