早起
Getting up Early

原著：杜甫
英文翻译：Prof. Stephen Owen (Harvard University)
From The Poetry of Du Fu, re-posted under the CCA-NCND 3.0 license.

春来常早起，幽事颇相关。
When spring comes, I always get up early,
what goes on in my seclusion really engages me.
帖石防隤岸，开林出远山。
I heap rocks to keep the bank from collapsing,
and clear the grove to bring out the far mountains.
一丘藏曲折，缓步有跻攀。
One hill hides fine twists and turns,
with slow steps I sometimes climb my way up.
童仆来城市，瓶中得酒还。
My servant boy comes from the city market,
back after having gotten ale in a jug.
学习笔记：

1. 春来：when spring comes. I wouldn’t have read the Chinese with the concept of tense.

2. 幽事: what goes on in my seclusion.

（未完……学习ing 😜）

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