漫成一首
Haphazard Composition

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.

江月去人只数尺，风灯照夜欲三更。
The river moon is just a few feet away from me;

a wind-shaken lamp shines in the night, almost the third watch.
沙头宿鹭联拳静，船尾跳鱼拨刺鸣。
Egrets spending the night on the sand, legs bent under, quiet;

at the boat’s stern a leaping fish makes the sound of splashing.
学习笔记：

1. 去人只数尺: just a few feet away from me.
“去人”原来是离某人的距离的意思。读死我。这之前，我永远就只会理解为”go person”.

2. 风灯: wind-shaken lamp.

3. 欲三更: almost the third watch. 来自”time watching” for “打更”。

4. 宿: spending the night.

5. 拔刺: 象声词，噗呲， sound of splashing

6. 跳鱼: leaping fish.

7. 船头、船尾的英文: bow, stern

Curated with study notes by:

Sue雪

Australian NAATI certified translator. Most interested in subtitling and trans-creation of websites.

My translation, your voice.

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