夜雨寄西

問君歸期未有期。

臺灣夜雨漲春池。

何日再燃南窗燭，

共詩臺灣夜雨時。

02/08/2013

步李商隐「夜雨寄北」

原詩與英文譯詩附後。

並請比較指正。

   夜雨寄北

君問歸期未有期。

巴山夜雨漲秋池。

何當共剪西窗燭，

却話巴山夜雨時。

     夜雨寄西

     Poem on a Rainy Night

 (Post to a friend in the west)
.

I asked when you would come back.

You said it couldn’t be decided.

Tonight the rains of Taiwan outside

are raising the spring ponds high.

When can we light once more

the south window candle light,

and talk about poems of ours

on such a rainy Taiwan night?

02/08/2013

.

         夜雨寄北

 Poem on a Rainy Night

(Post to a Friend in the North)

.

 You asked me when I’ll come back.

I should say it cannot be decided.

Tonight the rains of Bashan outside

are raising the autumn ponds high.

 .

When can we kindle once more

the west window candle light,

talk about feelings and so forth

of such a rainy Bashan night？

04/20/2016