白居易：悲哉行

rlee

我听会演奏会。你自己跟自己吵架吧。

无心剑

春来日日出，
服御何轻肥。
朝从博徒饮，
暮有倡楼期。

He goes out on every spring day indeed,
Riding on such a sturdy and swift steed.
He drinks with gamblers every morning,
And enjoys girls in brothel every evening.

自娱自乐

平封还酒债，
堆金选蛾眉。
声色狗马外，
其余一无知。


They live on their monthly stipend to pay for their wine,
And they spend fortune on selecting beautiful girls.
Apart from songs, sex, and horse riding and dog racing,
Honestly they know nothing else at all.  


Living on their allownces to pay the wine bill,
Lavish heaps bullion on nice damsels they will.
Save for songs, sex; horse and dog racing also,  
Really nothing else at all they would know.


They empty their coffers to pay for their wine,
And they spend fortune on selecting beautiful girls.
Apart from songs, sex, and horse riding and dog racing,
Honestly they know nothing else at all.
　
　
They empty their coffers to pay the wine bill,
Lavish heaps bullion on nice damsels they will.
Save for songs, sex; horse and dog racing also,
Really nothing else at all they would know.

铁_冰

“平封“是想当然的乱译。

无心剑

呵呵，随喜！

平封还酒债，
堆金选蛾眉。
声色狗马外，
其余一无知。

He exhausted his wealth in debt for wine,
And splurged gold on girls extremely fine.
In various sensual pleasures he'd drown,
Yet anything else always made him frown.

铁_冰

两译相映成趣
用梦丫头的话说是：每个译诗的你都译出了你的德行

铁_冰

He exhausted his wealth in debt for wine,           佳词！
And splurged gold on girls extremely fine.          似比exhausted文采差些
In various sensual pleasures he'd drown,   “浅化“出妙笔！
Yet anything else always made him frown.                                          押韵很好，但译文偏离原意

frown是“不愿”，原文是“不知”（或“不能”）

无心剑

谢谢铁兄点评。最后一句是以辞害意，O(∩_∩)O~

He exhausted his wealth in debt for wine,
And splurged gold on girls extremely fine.
In various sensual pleasures he would fall,
Yet anything else he could not know at all.

无心剑

山苗与涧松，
地势随高卑。
古来无奈何，
非君独伤悲。
   
The hill grass and the valley pines grow,
Only the position tells they're high or low.
Down the ages this is always so hopeless,
Not only you have suffered this sadness.  

自娱自乐

山苗与涧松，
地势随高卑。
古来无奈何，
非君独伤悲。


The grass grows on the hill and pine trees in dale,
Different place determines who's humble or noble,
Which has always been like this since olden time,
C'mon, man! You are not the only one to feel sad.


The grass grows on the hill and the pine in dale,
Different place determines who's head or tail,
Which has always been like this since olden age,
Sadly you aren't alone to suffer such an outrage.