雙語詩歌翻譯|杜甫-《天河》

此當是乾元二年七月在秦州作，故有"伴月落邊城”之句。王柏曰：天河，從北極分為兩頭，至于南極，隨天而轉(zhuǎn)入地下過，水之氣也?！稄V雅》：云漢、星漢、河漢、銀河、絳河、天津、漢津，皆天河名。

杜甫·《天河》

常時任顯晦，秋至輒分明。

縱被微云掩，終能永夜清。

含星動雙闕，伴月照邊城。

牛女年年渡，何曾風浪生。

The River of Heaven

Du Fu

The moon forever turns obscure or bright,

But clearest in the autumn, though sometimes

A floating cloud may darken it a while,

Keeps purely shining through the endless night.

The stars that move through the gates of night and day

Companion the moon down frontier walls:

The Spinning Girl1 and the Cowboy year by year

Have met nor wind nor wave upon the Milky Way.

1. The star Vega in the constellation of Lyra.

2. Herd-boy, stars in Aquila. The union of their constellations occurs on the 7th of the 7th lunar month.