杜甫： 阁夜/ Du Fu： NIGHT IN THE WATCH-TOWER

杜甫: 阁夜/ du fu: night in the watch-tower
阁夜
杜甫
岁暮阴阳催短景， 天涯霜雪霁寒霄。
五更鼓角声悲壮， 三峡星河影动摇。
野哭千家闻战伐， 夷歌数处起渔樵。
卧龙跃马终黄土， 人事音书漫寂寥。
night in the watch-tower
du fu
while winter daylight shortens in the elemental scale
and snow and frost whiten the cold-circling night,
stark sounds the fifth-watch with a challenge of drum and bugle.
...the stars and the river of heaven pulse over the three mountains;
i hear women in the distance, wailing after the battle;
i see barbarian fishermen and woodcutters in the dawn.
...sleeping-dragon, plunging-horse, are no generals now, they are dust --
hush for a moment, o tumult of the world.