兰亭序的英文版

The Orchid Pavilion
In the ninth year of the reign Yungho in the beginning of late spring we met at the Orchid Pavilion in Shanyin of Kweich'i for the Water Festival, to wash away the evil spirits
Here are gathered all the illustrious persons and assembled both the old and the young Here are tall mountains and majestic peaks, trees with thick foliage and tall bamboos Here are also clear streams and gurgling rapids, catching one's eye from the right and left We group ourselves in order, sitting by the waterside, and drinking in succession from a cup floating down the curving stream; and although there is no music from string and wood-wind instruments, yet with alternate singing and drinking, we are well disposed to thoroughly enjoy a quiet intimate conversation
Today the sky is clear, the air is fresh and the kind breeze is mild Truly enjoyable it is sit to watch the immense universe above and the myriad things below, traveling over the entire landscape with our eyes and allowing our sentiments to roam about at will, thus exhausting the pleasures of the eye and the ear
Now when people gather together to surmise life itself, some sit and talk and unburden their thoughts in the intimacy of a room, and some, overcome by a sentiment, soar forth into a world beyond bodily realities Although we select our pleasures according to our inclinations—some noisy and rowdy, and others quiet and sedate—yet when we have found that which pleases us, we are all happy and contented, to the extent of forgetting that we are growing old And then, when satiety follows satisfaction, and with the change of circumstances, change also our whims and desires, there then arises a feeling of poignant regret In the twinkling of an eye, the objects of our former pleasures have become things of the past, still compelling in us moods of regretful memory Furthermore, although our lives may be long or short, eventually we all end in nothingness "Great indeed are life and death", said the ancients Ah! What sadness!
这是林语堂的翻译版 不过还差最后一点