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孟浩然: 留别王维/ Meng Haoran: TAKING LEAVE OF WANG WEI

留别王维

孟浩然

寂寂竟何待, 朝朝空自归。

欲寻芳草去, 惜与故人违。

当路谁相假, 知音世所稀。

只应守寂寞, 还掩故园扉。

 

TAKING LEAVE OF WANG WEI

Meng Haoran

Slow and reluctant, I have waited

Day after day, till now I must go.

How sweet the road-side flowers might be

If they did not mean good-bye, old friend.

The Lords of the Realm are harsh to us

And men of affairs are not our kind.

I will turn back home, I will say no more,

I will close the gate of my old garden.