《詠竹》Ode to Bamboo

海外逸士

《詠竹》Ode to Bamboo
習習清涼生翠影﹐蕭蕭月夜起幽吟。園中常有千竿植﹐一枕得徬君子眠。
The green shade begets gusts of coolness
And gives out gentle rustling melody in moonlit night
If there always planted a thousand bamboos in the garden
I can pillow my head, sleeping close by the “gentleman”*
*Ancient Chinese people compared bamboo to gentleman

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自娱自乐

原帖由 海外逸士 于 2008-11-27 7:12:00 发表
I can pillow my head, sleeping close by the “gentleman”*
*Ancient Chinese people compared bamboo to gentleman  

So the 'gentleman' is the extra-meaning-loaded word, isn't it?
In doing so, I reckon it seems to be against your principle of poem translation, right?

海外逸士

what do you mean by extra-meaning-loaded word?
did you find 君子 (gentleman) in the original?  I just translated it literally.

自娱自乐

原帖由 海外逸士 于 2008-11-27 23:30:00 发表
what do you mean by extra-meaning-loaded word?
did you find 君子 (gentleman) in the original?  I just translated it literally.

It means that word is loaded with hidden meaning.
Yeah, of course, I did. But, you see, what I meant to say was you had to have a foot note, otherwise...

周道模

汉诗“眠”是否未押韵？

海外逸士

I have a foot note for foreigners only. I left it out here.
I use old rhyme book to pick the words in the same rhyme section.

周道模

I know now.