群友王国己野鸽子墩铭英译

野鸽子墩铭 – 王国己

 

始于大汉，忠之意象。土墩沙基，荒野难寻。

二千余载，赞誉不辍。朝迎钦拜，暮送访者。

新篇恒积，旧诗常诵。玉德金声，千古绝响。

北雁南飞，可寄尺素？节旄遗尾，无迹可循。

望乡泪眼，谁赠锦帕？鬓发易功，以何乐饥？

归而封侯，名曰典属。一十九载，如水赴谷。

 

An Epitaph on Wild Pigeon Mound by Wang Guoji

 

A symbol of loyalty, sith Han dynasty, so great,
A mound on wild sand - a rarely found relic estate.

Over two millennia, unceasingly extolling it high,
At dawn, it greets pilgrims, at dusk, it bids goodbye.

Old verses oft recited, new chapters ever unfold,
His virtue of pure jade, his voice of bell gold.

Would the wild geese bear a letter southward apace?
His ceremonial mace, its tassels worn sans a trace.

His tearful gaze homeward; who’d offer him a kerchief?
Snow-haired, who yet could revel in such grief?

Repatriated, ennobled, a figure of historic scale,
His nineteen years, like rivers, at last returned to the dale.

 

Tr. Ziyuzile

(To be revised)

09/01/2025