.曹操 《短歌行》

对酒当歌，人生几何？
譬如朝露，去日苦多。
慨当以慷，忧思难忘。
何以解忧，唯有杜康。
青青子衿，悠悠我心。
但为君故，沉吟至今。
呦呦鹿鸣，食野之苹。
我有嘉宾，鼓瑟吹笙。
明明如月，何时可掇。
忧从中来，不可断绝。
越陌度阡，枉用相存。
契阔谈宴，心念旧恩。
月明星稀，乌鹊南飞。
绕树三匝，何枝可依？
山不厌高，海不厌深。
周公吐哺，天下归心。

A Short-Song Ballad
Cao Cao

The wine, the song, life goes on —
But for how long?
It evaporates, to our dismay,
Like the morning dew, day after day.
Ambition and aspiration sustain me,
But a secret thread of grief worries me.
How can I brush it aside
But by drowning it in wine?
Scholars, scholars, where are you?
Years I have chanted the song of yearning —
But would you ever come over to me?
Deer are calling from the field, grazing
On the tender marsilea.
Let my house be graced with a learned visitor,
I will have music played in his honour.
But he is as bright as the moon,
And how could I make a moon stay?
Here my sorrows surface and swell,
And refuse to go away.
Talented friends, whom I love, I treasure,
For a rendezvous no journey is too long!
Would you mind coming, to our meeting,
To our feast, back to old-days feeling?
The stars so dim, the moon so bright,
Southbound birds are flying, circling
Round and round over the tree —
On which bough are you alight?
The water can never be too deep,
And the mountain too high.
When an open-minded king calls for talent,
It is him the would must stand by.

珂瑜英译：曹操.《短歌行》

A Short-Song Ballad

By Cao Cao
Tr. K. Y. James

对酒当歌，人生几何！
譬如朝露，去日苦多。
Before wine, sing a song!
How can life last long?
Dissipated like morning dew,
Happy time is woefully gone.

慨当以慷，忧思难忘。
何以解忧？唯有杜康。
Noble ideas soar and overflow;
Innermost concerns keep in mind.
How to drown such grief and sorrow?
Best resort to Du Kang Wine.

青青子衿，悠悠我心。
但为君故。沉吟至今。
For the talented youth in coat blue
I always cherish a deep love.
It is all for the sake of you
That I’ve crooned till now.

呦呦鹿鸣，食野之苹。
我有嘉宾，鼓瑟吹笙。
Bleat, bleat call the wild deer;
They feed on grass on the field.
If the honored guests should come,
I’d play music to the heart’s fill.

明明如月，何时可掇？
忧从中来，不可断绝。
Bright, bright shines the moon.
When does it stop illuminating?
Sorrows arise out of the scene,
Growing on without ceasing.

越陌度阡，枉用相存，
契阔谈宴，心念旧恩。
May friends from every direction
Condescend to come to call at me.
We’d talk about long separation
And blessed reunion o’er the feast.

月明星稀，乌鹊南飞。
绕树三匝，何枝可依？
Moon-lit night with few stars in sky,
Crows are flying to the south,
Hovering to circle a tree thrice.
Whereon to alight, and which bough?

山不厌高，海不厌深，
周公吐哺，天下归心。
Hills are not content with altitude;
Oceans their depth yet to deepen.
Zhou Gong, with benevolent rule,
Wins over all men under heaven!

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.曹操的〈短歌行（其一）〉是中國文學史上著名的四言詩傑作，屬於漢樂府〈相和歌辭·平調曲〉

對酒當歌，人生幾何？譬如朝露，去日苦多。
慨當以慷，憂思難忘。何以解憂？唯有杜康。
青青子衿，悠悠我心。但為君故，沉吟至今。
呦呦鹿鳴，食野之苹。我有嘉賓，鼓瑟吹笙。
明明如月，何時可掇？憂從中來，不可斷絕。
越陌度阡，枉用相存。契闊談讌，心念舊恩。
月明星稀，烏鵲南飛。繞樹三匝，何枝可依？
山不厭高，海不厭深。周公吐哺，天下歸心........

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背景與主題:作法背景：一般認為作於建安十三年（西元208年）赤壁之戰前夕，曹操橫槊賦詩，感嘆時局與人生。

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