“愿作鸳鸯不羡仙”——卢照邻名篇十六首信达雅英译传世典藏集

卢照邻，（约632—695），唐代诗人，字升之，号幽忧子，幽州范阳（今北京市）人，为“初唐四杰”之一。其诗承六朝绮丽，开盛唐雄健，为唐诗承前启后之关键。七言歌行《长安古意》挣脱宫体浮艳牢笼，边塞乐府沉郁苍凉，咏物怀人小诗幽婉寄慨。

本集从《全唐诗》精选十六首，囊括长篇歌行、边塞乐府、咏史怀古、咏物五绝、感怀律诗。名句如“得成比目何辞死，愿作鸳鸯不羡仙”写至情；“寂寂寥寥扬子居，年年岁岁一床书”抒穷士风骨；“不辞横绝漠，流血几时干”寄边塞悲悯；“常恐秋风早，飘零君不知”托身世之叹。千载诗文，承载初唐士人的理想与失意，凝聚中式审美与人文共情。

卢照邻的诗歌跨越语言隔阂，是东方文学瑰宝，今辑录此译本，向海外传递华夏诗韵。

1.《长安古意》（卷四十一）

长安大道连狭斜，青牛白马七香车。

玉辇纵横过主第，金鞭络绎向侯家。

龙衔宝盖承朝日，凤吐流苏带晚霞。

百尺（异文作“百丈”）游丝争绕树，一群娇鸟共啼花。

游蜂（一作“啼花”）戏蝶千门侧，碧树银台万种色。

复道交窗作合欢，双阙连甍垂凤翼。

梁家画阁中天起，汉帝金茎云外直。

楼前相望不相知，陌上相逢讵相识。

借问吹箫向紫烟，曾经学舞度芳年。

得成比目何辞死，愿作鸳鸯不羡仙。

比目鸳鸯真可羡，双去双来君不见。

生憎帐额绣孤鸾，好取门帘帖双燕。

双燕双飞绕画梁，罗帏翠被郁金香。

片片行云著蝉鬓，纤纤初月上鸦黄。

鸦黄粉白车中出，含娇含态情非一。

妖童宝马铁连钱，娼妇盘龙金屈膝。

御史府中乌夜啼，廷尉门前雀欲栖。

隐隐朱城临玉道，遥遥翠幰没金堤。

挟弹飞鹰杜陵北，探丸借客渭桥西。

俱邀侠客芙蓉剑，共宿娼家桃李蹊。

娼家日暮紫罗裙，清歌一啭口氛氲。

北堂夜夜人如月，南陌朝朝骑似云。

南陌北堂连北里，五剧三条控三市。

弱柳青槐拂地垂，佳气红尘暗天起。

汉代金吾千骑来，翡翠屠苏鹦鹉杯。

罗襦宝带为君解，燕歌赵舞为君开。

别有豪华称将相，转日回天不相让。

意气由来排灌夫，专权判不容萧相。

专权意气本豪雄，青虬紫燕坐春风。

自言歌舞长千载，自谓骄奢凌五公。

节物风光不相待，桑田碧海须臾改。

昔时金阶白玉堂，即今惟见青松在。

寂寂寥寥扬子居，年年岁岁一床书。

独有南山桂花发，飞来飞去袭人裾。

注释：

扬子：即西汉扬雄，西汉贫寒著书文士；

灌夫为西汉刚直武将，萧相指萧何，二人代表朝堂权臣相争。

勘校：

【异体字注释】

幰：车帷，古今同形专用字；虬，《文苑英华》异文作虹，定本取虬；盧（卢）为古籍标准异体；甍、讵无通用异体。

Ballad of Chang’an’sSplendid Ways

By Lu Zhaolin (EarlyTang Dynasty)

Translated by WangYongli

Broad Chang’an laneswind through narrow side alleys slowly,

Black oxen, whitesteeds pull scented carriages lowly.

Royal jade chariotsdrift past nobles’ manors grand,

Golden whip cordsstream toward lords’ estates on every land.

Dragon carved canopiescatch morning sun’s warm ray,

Phoenix tassels trailsunset’s soft crimson display.

Long silken threadstwist round each tree in eager race,

Flocks of tenderwarblers sing above each blooming space.

Bees and butterfliesdrift by a thousand gates pale frame,

Jade terraces, greentrees unfold ten thousand tints of flame.

Interlaced corridorsbear peony carved window panes,

Twin watchtowers’rafters spread out phoenix feather veins.

Lady Liang’s paintedpavilion pierces the mid‑sky height,

Han Emperor’s bronzepillar rises past the cloud’s faint light.

Those on towers gazefar yet never chance to meet,

Crossing roadways sideby side—can our two glances greet?

Ask the maid who playedflute beneath purple mist’s soft haze,

Who learned gracefuldance within her youthful spring days.

If paired as flounderfish, I’ll greet death without regret;

As mandarin duck pairs,I crave no heaven’s royal debt.

Such duck pairs deserveall praise from every mortal eye,

They drift in twain,unseen beneath your watching sky.

I hate bed curtainsstitched with one lone phoenix bird,

I’ll hang door drapesembroidered with paired swallow herd.

Swallows flit roundpainted beams in constant paired flight,

Silk curtains,kingfisher quilts steeped in turmeric incense light.

Cloud‑soft tressesframe cicada shaped locks fine and thin,

Pale crescent goldtraces each brow’s delicate skin.

Powdered maidens glideforth in slow carriage procession,

Each bears uniquecharm, each wears a different expression.

Noble youths ridepiebald steeds marked with iron coin stain,

Courtesans’ goldenhinges coil carved dragon vein.

Crows cry within theCensorate’s dim twilight air,

Sparrows crowd theMinister’s empty stone stair.

Dim vermilion citywalls line jade paved thoroughfares,

Dark painted carriagecanopies sink by golden dyke’s soft layers.

Men carry slings, hawkstake flight north of Duling mound,

Swordsmen seekvendettas west of Wei River’s wooden ground.

Each bears hibiscusforged swords, a band of knightly friends,

To lodge withcourtesans where peach blossom boughs descend.

Courtesans don purplesilk gowns as daylight fades away,

Clear songs exhale richheady fragrance all the day.

North halls holdbeauties bright as moon each single night,

South lanes teem withriders dense as piled cloud’s soft height.

South lanes and northhalls stretch to Northern Pleasure Quarter,

Five main roads, threeavenues link every market border.

Willow and locustboughs brush the earth with tender sweep,

Vivid mortal mist anddust obscure the sky’s blue deep.

A thousand imperialguards parade in ordered row,

Parrot goblets brimwith kingfisher infused wine’s bright glow.

Silk jackets, gemmedbelts slip loose for your delight,

Yan ballads, Zhaodances unfold through day and night.

Yet mighty lords holdpower high, their sway commands the sun and moon,

No other noble’s claimof rank shall their proud heart attune.

Their arrogance oncecrushed brave General Guanfu’s name,

Their sole authoritybrooked no Chancellor Xiao’s mild claim.

Proud lords, boldheroes mounted on green horned steed,

Ride soft springbreezes, freed from every worldly need.

They boast their songand dance shall last a thousand years unbroken,

Their pomp outshinefive ancient lords of fame unspoken.

But seasons and glorywill not linger one brief hour,

Blue seas turn mulberryfields within a moment’s power.

Where jade steps andwhite marble halls once stood upright,

Now only green pinetrees stand o’er empty ground’s pale sight.

Quiet and humble isYang Xiong’s lonely dwelling place,

Year after year,scrolls pile high upon his wooden base.

Only southern mountaincassia blooms unfold soft hue,

Drift back and forth,brushing the hem of your silk robe’s faint blue.

Note:

1)Yang Xiong (53 BCE–18 CE), a reclusiveWestern Han scholar famous for his literary works and poverty.

2)Guanfu & Chancellor Xiao, Guan Fuwas a blunt and upright general of the Western Han; Chancellor Xiao refers toXiao He. Together, they represent the power struggles among powerful ministersat court.

2.《行路难》（卷四十一）

君不见长安城北渭桥边，枯木横槎卧古田。

昔日含红复含紫，常时留雾亦留烟。

春景春风花似雪，香车玉舆恒阗咽。

若个游人（一作“游童”）不竞攀，若个倡家不来折。

倡家宝袜蛟龙帔，公子银鞍千万骑。

黄莺一一向花娇，青鸟双双将子戏。

千尺长条百尺枝，月桂（一作“丹桂”）星榆（一作“青榆”）相蔽亏。

珊瑚叶上鸳鸯鸟，凤凰巢里雏鹓儿。

巢倾枝折凤归去，条枯叶落任（一作“狂”）风吹。

一朝零落无人问，万古摧残君讵知。

人生贵贱无终始，倏忽须臾难久恃。

谁家能驻西山日，谁家能堰东流水。

汉家陵树满秦川，行来行去尽哀怜。

自昔公卿二千石，咸拟荣华一万年。

不见朱唇将白貌（一作“玉貌”），唯闻素（一作“青”）棘与黄泉。

金貂有时换美酒，玉麈但摇莫计钱。

寄言坐客神仙署，一生一死交情处。

苍龙阙下君不来，白鹤山前我应去。

云间海上邈难期，赤心会合在何时。

但愿尧年一百万，长作巢由也不辞。

Hard Road of Life

By Lu Zhaolin (EarlyTang Dynasty)

Translated by WangYongli

To Chang'an's north, bythe Wei's old bridge of cold stone,

Dead tree trunksstretch across old plowland’s barren zone.

Once crimson, onceviolet blooms bloomed all around,

Holding mist bydaylight, holding smoke above the ground.

Spring light, springwinds paint petals white as falling snow,

Fragrant carts andcoaches clog the crowded roadway’s flow.

What wanderer wouldfail to pluck each fragrant bloom?

What courtesan wouldnot pluck them for her room?

Courtesans wear silksocks, capes stitched with dragon scaled thread,

Noble youths on silversaddles ride a thousand steads ahead.

Orioles trill soft toevery blossom they behold,

Bluebirds tend theiryoung, side by side in fold.

Tall boughs stretchupward full a hundred feet in height,

Cassia and elm boughsveil the sun’s far golden light.

Coral leaves shelterpaired mandarin duck breeds,

Phoenix nests cradlefledgling phoenix tender seeds.

Nests crash, boughsbreak, phoenixes take flight and flee away,

Branches bare, leavesfall, tossed by wind through every day.

Once faded andwithered, no soul pauses to sigh,

Through endless agescrushed, can you know the reason why?

Man’s rank and fortunehold no fixed eternal bound,

Joy and splendor vanishwithout a single sound.

Who can hold back thesun sinking westward slow and pale?

Who can dam theeastward river’s endless rushing trail?

Han imperial tombs andtrees spread o’er Qin’s wide plain,

Walk among them, griefwells deep within each mortal vein.

Once ministers of twothousand shi official grade,

Each thought his gloryten thousand years would never fade.

Now rosy lips and jade‑softcheeks we see no more,

Only pale thorns andyellow grave earth stand before our door.

Golden ermine robes aretraded for rich wine’s bright cheer,

Jade dust fans wavefree, no need to count each copper sphere.

I send word tocompanions in the celestial hall,

True friendship enduresthrough life and death’s dividing wall.

Beneath Azure DragonGate you never come to meet,

By White Crane Hill,soon I shall leave this mortal street.

Cloud realms anddistant seas lie far beyond our sight,

When shall our loyalhearts unite in shared delight?

May sage Yao’s peacefulreign stretch to a million years,

I’d gladly live ashermit Chao and Xu through all my years.

3.《紫骝马》（卷四十一）

骝马照金鞍，转战入皋兰。

塞门风稍急，长城水正寒。

雪暗鸣珂重，山长喷玉难。

不辞横绝漠，流血几时干。

Red Steed

By Lu Zhaolin (EarlyTang Dynasty)

Translated by WangYongli

The chestnut steedbears golden saddle's gleaming show,

Marching far toGaolan’s frontier winds that blow.

Border gate winds cutsharp with biting bitter chill,

The Great Wall’swinding streams run cold and silent still.

Snow dims jade pendantsclinking on his rein,

Long mountain trailsexhaust his breath in foamy strain.

I dare traverse theboundless desert’s barren sand—

When shall thewarriors’ shed blood finally end?

4.《战城南》（卷四十一）

将军出紫塞，冒顿在乌贪。

笳喧雁门北，阵翼龙城南。

雕弓夜宛转，铁骑晓参驔。

应须驻白日，为待战方酣。

注释：

紫塞，是长城代称。

勘校：

【异体】驔：黄黑斑纹战马，古籍专用生僻字，无通用替代字。

Battle South of theCity Wall

By Lu Zhaolin (EarlyTang Dynasty)

Translated by WangYongli

Generals march forththrough purple frontier mountain pass,

Modu’s Xiongnu hordecamps in Wutan’s wild grass mass.

Reed flutes blare loudnorth of Wild Goose Gate’s tall hill,

Battle lines spreadwide south of Dragon Hill’s cold rill.

Carved hunting bows humsoft through midnight’s quiet hour,

Iron warhorses march infile at dawn's first shower.

I would hold back thesun’s westward sinking glow,

Till every foe fallsdead where raging battles flow.

Note:

1) "Purple Pass"is a poetic epithet for the Great Wall of China.

2）Modu (Maodun Chanyu), the renowned early Xiongnu ruler.

5.《梅花落》（卷四十一）

梅岭花初发，天山雪未开。

雪处疑花满，花边似雪回。

因风入舞袖，杂粉向妆台。

匈奴几万里，春至不知来。

Song of Plum BlossomsFalling

By Lu Zhaolin (EarlyTang Dynasty)

Translated by WangYongli

Plum ridge blooms firstunfold their tender graceful hue,

Heaven Mountain's snowsrefuse to melt from view.

Where thick snow lies,plum blooms seem to fill the ground,

Where petals drift,white snow swirls round and round.

They drift with windinto a dancer’s flowing sleeve,

Blend with face powderlaid upon the dressing eve.

The Xiongnu dwell tenthousand li far away,

Spring arrives, yetthey know not where blossoms stay.

6.《十五夜观灯》（卷四十二）

锦里开芳宴，兰缸艳早年。

缛彩遥分地，繁光远缀天。

接汉疑星落，依楼似月悬。

别有千金笑，来映九枝前。

勘校：

【异体字】缸，《全唐诗》或作“釭”（灯盏），二字通用；缛，古籍无异体。

Watching Lanterns onthe Fifteenth Night

By Lu Zhaolin (EarlyTang Dynasty)

Translated by WangYongli

In Brocade Town theyspread a fragrant feast of cheer,

Bright lanternsoutshine all the splendor of the year.

Rich colored lightspart far across the darkened ground,

Their radiant glowadorns the boundless sky around.

They touch the MilkyWay—like falling stars they seem,

They lean on towershigh—like hanging moons they gleam.

And there are smilingmaids with beauty all their own,

Whose faces glow beforethe nine-branched lamp alone.

7.《陇头水》（卷四十一）

陇阪高无极，征人一望乡。

关河别去水，沙塞断归肠。

马系千年树，旌悬九月霜。

从来共呜咽，皆是为勤王。

Song of Long MountainStream

By Lu Zhaolin (EarlyTang Dynasty)

Translated by WangYongli

Long Slope climbsendless, steep without a bound,

Frontier soldiers gazehomeward, their hearts spellbound.

Rivers we parted fromflow far away from sight,

Sandy border landssever homesick hearts’ soft light.

Steeds tied to thousand‑yearold bare tree trunks below,

Pennants hung beneathninth moon’s cold frosty glow.

All here sob low withone united mournful sigh,

All march far, loyal tothe crown up in the sky.

8.《巫山高》（卷四十一）

巫山望不极，望望下朝雰。

莫辨啼猿树，徒看神女云。

惊涛乱水脉，骤雨暗峰文。

沾裳即此地，况复远思君。

勘校：

“雰：俗写，正字为‘氛’”

Wu Mountain’s Heights

By Lu Zhaolin (EarlyTang Dynasty)

Translated by WangYongli

Wu Mountain peaksstretch past the furthest eye’s full sight,

I gaze down steepslopes wrapped in morning mist’s pale light.

I cannot trace thetrees where gibbons wail and cry,

Only gaze at GoddessPeak’s soft floating cloud on high.

Wild raging billowstear the river’s winding vein,

Sudden dark rain blurseach mountain’s carved faint stain.

My silk robe soaks wetupon this lonely rugged ground—

How heavier grief forone far from your gentle sound.

9.《雨雪曲》（卷四十二）

虏骑三秋入，关云万里平。
雪似胡沙暗，冰如汉月明。
高阙银为阙，长城玉作城。
节旄零落尽，天子不知名。

勘校：

【异体字】旄，古籍无异体；阙，正体作“闕”。

Song of Rain and Snow

By Lu Zhaolin (EarlyTang Dynasty)

Translated by WangYongli

Barbarian riders stormthe pass in autumn's reign,

Frontier clouds stretchfor miles across the level plain.

Snow falls as thick asdesert sand that veils the light,

Ice glistens like theHan moon shining through the night.

High battlements aresilvered o'er with frozen rime,

The Great Wall gleamslike jade in frozen rime.

Tasseled banners fallin tatters, frayed and torn—

The Son of Heaven knowsnot the names they bore.

10.《刘生》（卷四十一）

刘生气不平，抱剑欲专征。

报恩为豪侠，死难在横行。

翠羽装刀鞘，黄金饰马铃。

但令一顾重，不吝百身轻。

勘校：

【异体】吝，古本作恡，定本统一为吝。

The Gallant Liu

By Lu Zhaolin (EarlyTang Dynasty)

Translated by WangYongli

Lord Liu’s heart boilswith unrighted rage and strife,

Clasps his sharp sword,ready to march through war’s dark life.

He risks his life torepay a friend's deep grace,

Faces death unflinchingon bold wandering space.

Kingfisher plumes adornhis blade’s wooden sheath,

Pure gold decorates thebells upon his steed beneath.

Grant me but one glancethat weighs heavy and deep—

A hundred lives I'dlightly give, my vow to keep.

11.《相如琴台》（卷四十二）

闻有雍容地，千年无四邻。

园院风烟古，池台松槚春。

云疑作赋客，月似（一作“花影”）听琴人。

寂寂啼莺（一作“鸟”）处，空伤游子神。

注释：

司马相如与卓文君琴台相恋，典出《史记》·司马相如列传》：西汉辞赋家司马相如赴临邛（今四川邛崃）富商卓王孙家饮宴，席间弹《凤求凰》，以琴音暗诉倾慕；卓王孙之女卓文君新寡在家，隔帘听琴，解其意、慕其才，夜奔相如。二人当垆卖酒、琴台酬唱，终成眷属。

勘校：

【异体】槚：楸树，异体榎。

Sima Xiangru’s ZitherTerrace

By Lu Zhaolin (EarlyTang Dynasty)

Translated by WangYongli

I hear this place onceheld refined and gentle grace,

A thousand years pass,no neighbor’s dwelling space.

Gardens and courts wearancient mist and haze’s veil,

Ponds and terraces bearcatalpa’s springtime pale.

Clouds drift like thegreat poet who wrote verse long ago,

Moonlight resembles shewho heard his zither’s soft flow.

Where orioles wail inquiet lonely solitude,

My wandering heartsinks low, wrapped in mournful mood.

Note: Sima Xiangru& Wenjun： Mr. SimaXiangru won Madam Zhuo Wenjun’s heart by playing Phoenix Seeking Phoenixon the Zither Terrace, and she eloped with him that night—a classic tale oftalent meeting love beyond convention.

12.《石镜寺》（卷四十二）

古墓芙蓉塔，神铭松柏烟。

鸾沉仙镜底，花没梵轮前。

铢衣千古佛，宝月两重圆。

隐隐香台夜，钟声彻九天。

Stone Mirror Temple

By Lu Zhaolin (EarlyTang Dynasty)

Translated by WangYongli

Ancient tombs holdlotus carved pagoda spires on high,

Divine stoneinscriptions shrouded in pine mist’s soft sigh.

Phoenix shapes sinkbeneath the immortal mirror’s base,

Flowers fade before theBuddha’s carved wheel of grace.

Thin silk Buddha robesendure a thousand years’ slow creep,

Jade twin moons glowfull, their radiance deep and sweet.

Soft incense driftsthrough temple nights obscure and dim,

Bell chimes pierce theninefold heaven’s distant rim.

13.《晚渡滹沱敬赠魏大》（卷四十二）

津谷朝行远，冰川夕望曛。

霞明深浅浪，风卷去来云。

澄波泛月影，激浪聚沙文。

谁忍仙舟上，携手独思君。

Crossing Hutuo River atDusk, To Lord Wei

By Lu Zhaolin (EarlyTang Dynasty)

Translated by WangYongli

I travel far throughvalley fords at early dawn,

Glacier streams glowdim beneath the sunset’s drawn.

Sunset clouds dye waveswith shade and golden light,

Winds roll cloudsdrifting left and right through endless flight.

Clear calm ripplescradle moon's pale shadow, thin,

Rushing waves heap sandin patterned folds of skin.

Upon this fairy boat,how can my heart endure,

Clasping your vanishedhand, lost in longing pure.

14.《和王奭秋夜有所思》（卷四十一）

寂寂南轩夜，悠然怀所知。

长河落雁苑，明月下鲸池。

凤台有清曲，此曲何人吹。

丹唇间玉齿，妙响入云涯。

穷巷秋风叶，空庭寒露枝。

劳歌欲有和，星鬓已将垂。

Meditations on AutumnNight, To Wang Shi

By Lu Zhaolin (EarlyTang Dynasty)

Translated by WangYongli

Quiet south chamberholds the midnight silent hour,

My heart drifts soft toone I cherish with all power.

The Milky Way sinkso’er wild goose park’s pale shore,

Bright moon descendsbeside whale carved pool’s marble floor.

Phoenix terraces humclear refined sweet melody—

Who breathes thisgentle tune beneath the moon for me?

Crimson lips part,ivory teeth stand soft between,

Sweet soaring notesascend to cloud’s furthest sheen.

Autumn leaves swirlround my humble narrow lane,

Cold dew weighs bareboughs in empty courtyard plain.

I long to sing amatching verse to your sad lay,

Yet moon‑white greyhair droops thick upon my brow each day.

15.《曲池荷》（卷四十二）

浮香绕曲岸，圆影覆华池。

常恐秋风早，飘零君不知。

勘校：

圆影，部分俗本讹作“园影”，定本取“圆影”。

Lotus by Winding Bank

By Lu Zhaolin (EarlyTang Dynasty)

Translated by WangYongli

Soft lotus scent curlsround the winding river shore,

Round lotus leavesspread o’er the blooming pool’s bright floor.

I dread the autumn windwill come too soon,

Lest the blooms fadeand fall ere you know their doom.

16.《昭君怨》（卷四十二）

合殿恩中绝，交河使渐稀。

肝肠辞玉辇，形影向金微。

汉地草应绿，胡庭沙正飞。

愿逐三秋雁，年年一度归。

勘校：

【异体字】辇，正体作“輦”；

金微山，部分古籍异写为“金徽山”。

Lament of Zhaojun

By Lu Zhaolin (EarlyTang Dynasty)

Translated by WangYongli

The favor of the thronewithin the hall has ceased,

From Jiaohe few envoysnow the long road released.

With liver and bowelstorn, I quit the jade-wheeled car,

My form and shadowdrift toward Golden Mount afar.

On Han’s own soil thegrasses should be freshly green,

Where Xiongnu courtstands, desert sands go driving sheen.

Would I might followautumn wild-geese on their flight,

And once each yearreturn from this far mournful height.

从长安大道的盛世繁华，到扬子茅舍的清寂孤寒；从漠北沙场将士泣血的悲歌，到新春田园恬淡安宁的祈愿，卢照邻十六首诗作编织出完整立体的初唐诗歌宇宙。十六首诗作宛若十六颗明珠，完整展现唐诗从文风绮靡的宫廷题材，拓展至山河边塞、风格由柔婉转为雄健的演进脉络。

今日重读千年前笔墨，仍能共情诗人的悲欢沉浮，这便是经典不朽的力量。愿此定本远播海外，以诗为桥传中华千年文脉；以古鉴今，令古典文学生生不息。（翻译：王永利）