饮湖上初晴后雨
【宋】苏轼
水光潋滟晴方好,
山色空蒙雨亦奇。
欲把西湖比西子,
淡妆浓抹总相宜。
苏轼(1037年—1101年),字子瞻、和仲,号铁冠道人、东坡居士,世称苏东坡、苏仙,眉州眉山(今四川省眉山市)人,北宋文学家、书画家、唐宋八大家之一。作品有《东坡七集》《东坡易传》等。
SU Shi (1037-1101), Zizhan and Hezhong by courtesy names, Dongpo and Iron Crown Taoist by literary names, known as Su Dongpo and Su Immortal. The poet, a native of Mt. Mei, Meizhou (present-day Mt. Mei, Sichuan Province), was a litterateur and calligrapher in the Northern Song dynasty, and was honored as one of the “Eight Great Litterateurs of the Tang and Song Dynasties”. His works include Seven Volumes by Dongpo and Dongpo’s Commentary on I Ching.(彭雅卓译)
A Drink on Lake West after a Rain
By SU Shi
Tr. ZHAO Yanchun
The sunlit ripples chasing ripples shine;
The hill hue’s hazy with a drizzle fine.
If ye will compare Lake West to Miss West,
With light or heavy make-up, she’s the best.