Modern Chinese Translation of Two Chuci Poems

Qu Yuan's original text (1): Dong Huang Tai Yi

When the zodiac is auspicious, Mu will go to see the emperor happily. Caressing the sword like jade is beautiful. Yu (Wang+Zhen), I'll let it go. Steaming Ji, drinking cinnamon wine jiao pulp. Playing drums and relaxing festivals, Hao advocated. Ling Yan Xi Meifu, Fang Feifei Xi full house. The dispute of five tones is complicated, and you are happy in Lekang.

[translated by Wanghu]

Choose an auspicious day and worship it! Respect and sacrifice, please pay my respects to the emperor.

Wearing a long sword and caressing Jasper; Dressed in jade ornaments, jingling.

The altar is paved with Yao seats, and the jade is flat; What's more, famous flowers are fragrant.

Cook the meat with orchids as its lining; Cinnamon wine as a drink offering with pepper sauce.

Raise the drumstick and ring the sacrificial drum; The beat is very slow, so don't panic when singing.

Ah, Cecile, the music is too loud.

Wandering witches, gorgeous dresses; The fragrance is overflowing, full of fragrance.

The five tones are colorful and melodious; Your majesty is happy, happy and healthy.

[Description] The composition of the original poem consists of six words except two sentences and five words. The word "Xi" is used in the third word of five words and the fourth word of six words. The most remarkable thing is that rhyme is basically used every other sentence, and Yang rhyme is used to the end, which is unique in the eleventh chapter of Nine Songs. In the face of such a poem with rigorous rhythm, the translation also adopts the corresponding rigorous structure. In other words, the original six-character or five-character sentence is translated into two nine-character sentences, the first sentence ends with "ah" instead of "Xi", and the fourth sentence ends with Yang Yun. The problem is that the word "advocating" in the original "Chen Yu's Enthusiasm" is interpreted as "having fun" instead of singing; "chàng" and "cháng" can be read. Considering the rhyme of the whole article, the latter is ok. Other special terms, such as "Yuer", "Yao Xi" and "Jiaojiang", are all explained in the notes, so there is no need for translation.

Qu Yuan's Original Works (2): National Mourning

Holding a sword, wearing leather armor, chariots crisscross, sword and blade. Enemy, the flag is like a dark cloud and the arrow is on the string.

Chen, indecision, left and right blade injury. Bury two rounds, trip four horses, and beat drums with jade mallets.

Then I will be furious, kill vilen mercilessly and abandon him. If you can't go out and never come back, the plain will suddenly be too far away.

Wearing a long sword, holding a strong crossbow, leaving your head, Zhuang Xin will not change. Brave and fearless, you are the most. You will stick to your post until you die.

The body is dead, the spirit will never die, and your soul is the ghost of a hero!

[translated by Wanghu]

Holding Angkor in hand, wearing armor, staggered wheels and short soldiers fighting.

The flag covered the sky, the enemy soldiers were like clouds, and the soldiers rushed to each other and fired at each other.

The army was invaded, the queue was trampled, the left dog was killed and the right dog was stabbed.

The wheel is deep, trip the horse, wave the drumstick and bang the drum!

God hates, God is angry, dead and wounded are exhausted, and corpses are everywhere.

Going out to war is gone forever, the wilderness is vast and the journey is far away.

With a long sword in his hand, Qin was brave and flawless.

Be brave, be brave, be brave again, be strong in the end, and not be arrogant.

Although the body has passed away, the spirit has always been there, and the spirit is resolute, and the ghosts are awesome.

The answer is not easy to adopt.