元稹： 遣悲怀（之三）/ Yuan Zhen： AN ELEGY III

元稹: 遣悲怀（之三）/ yuan zhen: an elegy iii
遣悲怀（之三）
元稹
闲坐悲君亦自悲， 百年都是几多时？
邓攸无子寻知命， 潘岳悼亡犹费词。
同穴窅冥何所望？ 他生缘会更难期。
惟将终夜长开眼， 报答平生未展眉。
an elegy iii
yuan zhen
i sit here alone, mourning for us both.
how many years do i lack now of my threescore and ten?
there have been better men than i to whom heaven denied a son,
there was a poet better than i whose dead wife could not hear him.
what have i to hope for in the darkness of our tomb?
you and i had little faith in a meeting after death-
yet my open eyes can see all night
that lifelong trouble of your brow.