雙語詩歌翻譯|曹操-《短歌行》

這首《短歌行》的主題非常明確，就是作者希望有大量人才來為自己所用。曹操在其政治活動中，為了擴大他在庶族地主中的統(tǒng)治基礎(chǔ)，打擊反動的世襲豪強勢力，曾大力強調(diào)“唯才是舉”，為此而先后發(fā)布了“求賢令”、“舉士令”、“求逸才令”等；而《短歌行》實際上就是一曲“求賢歌”、又正因為運用了詩歌的形式，含有豐富的抒情成分，所以就能起到獨特的感染作用，有力地宣傳了他所堅持的主張，配合了他所頒發(fā)的政令。

曹操 《短歌行》

對酒當(dāng)歌，人生幾何？
譬如朝露，去日苦多。
慨當(dāng)以慷，憂思難忘。
何以解憂，唯有杜康。
青青子衿，悠悠我心。
但為君故，沉吟至今。
呦呦鹿鳴，食野之蘋。
我有嘉賓，鼓瑟吹笙。
明明如月，何時可掇。
憂從中來，不可斷絕。
越陌度阡，枉用相存。
契闊談宴，心念舊恩。
月明星稀，烏鵲南飛。
繞樹三匝，何枝可依？
山不厭高，海不厭深。
周公吐哺，天下歸心。

A Short-Song Ballad
Cao Cao

The wine, the song, life goes on —
But for how long?
It evaporates, to our dismay,
Like the morning dew, day after day.
Ambition and aspiration sustain me,
But a secret thread of grief worries me.
How can I brush it aside
But by drowning it in wine?
Scholars, scholars, where are you?
Years I have chanted the song of yearning —
But would you ever come over to me?
Deer are calling from the field, grazing
On the tender marsilea.
Let my house be graced with a learned visitor,
I will have music played in his honour.
But he is as bright as the moon,
And how could I make a moon stay?
Here my sorrows surface and swell,
And refuse to go away.
Talented friends, whom I love, I treasure,
For a rendezvous no journey is too long!
Would you mind coming, to our meeting,
To our feast, back to old-days' feeling?
The stars so dim, the moon so bright,
Southbound birds are flying, circling
Round and round over the tree —
On which bough are you alight?
The water can never be too deep,
And the mountain too high.
When an open-minded king calls for talent,
It is him the would must stand by.