清明時節雨紛紛，
路上行人欲斷魂。
借問酒家何處有？
牧童遙指杏花村。
——唐杜牧
It drizzles thick and fast on the Pure Brightness Day,
I travel with my heart lost in dismay.
"Is there a public house somewhere, cowboy?"
He points at Apricot Village faraway.
——吳鈞陶譯
水調歌頭
明月幾時有？把酒問青天。不知天上宮闕、今夕是何年？我欲乘風歸去，惟恐瓊樓玉宇，高處不勝寒。起舞弄清影，何似在人間？
轉朱閣，低綺戶，照無眠。不應有恨、何事長向別時圓？人有悲歡離合，月有陰晴圓缺，此事古難全。但願人長久，千裏***蟬娟。
——宋蘇軾
How long will the full moon appear?
Wine cup in hand, I ask the sky.
I do not know what time of the year
Would be tonight in the palace on high.
Riding the wind, there I would fly,
Yet I’m afraid the crystalline palace would be
Too high and cold for me.
I rise and dance, with my shadow I play.
On high as on earth, would it be as gay?
The moon goes round the mansions red
Through gauze-draped window soft to shed
Her light upon the sleepless bed.
Why then when people part, is the oft full and bright?
Men have sorrow and joy; they part or meet again;
The moon is bright or dim and she may wax or wane.
There has been nothing perfect since the olden days.
So let us wish that man
Will live long as he can!
Though miles apart,
we’ll share the beauty she displays.
曉出凈慈寺送林子方
畢竟西湖六月中，
風光不與四時同。
接天蓮葉無窮碧，
映日荷花別樣紅。
——宋楊萬裏
The uncommon West Lake in the midst of sixth moon;
Displays a scenery to other months unknown.
Green lotus leaves outspread as far as boundless sky;
Pink lotus blossoms take from sunshine a new dye.
——許淵沖譯
——許淵沖譯