<span class="chinese-post-title">登高</span> Climbing the Height by <span class="chinese-post-title">杜甫</span> Dù​ Fǔ

登高

風急天高猿嘯哀，
渚清沙白鳥飛回。
無邊落木蕭蕭下，
不盡長江滾滾來。
萬里悲秋常作客，
百年多病獨登臺。
艱難苦恨繁霜鬢，
潦倒新停濁酒杯。

杜甫

The wind so swift, the sky so steep, sad gibbons cry;
Water so clear and sand so white, backward birds fly.
The boundless forest sheds its leaves shower by shower;
The endless River rolls its waves hour after hour.
Far from home in autumn, I'm grieved to see my plight;
After my long illness, I climb alone this height.
Living in hard times, at my frosted hair I pine;
Pressed by poverty, I give up my cup of wine.

Translated by Xu Yuanzhong