SU Shi(1037.1101), styled Looker and Seer, East Slope Buddhist and Iron Crown Wordist by literary names, known as East Slope Su and Immortal Su. 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 East Slope and East Slope’s Commentary on I Ching.（彭雅卓译）
How Often Does the Bright Moon Appear?
—To the Tune of Prelude to Water Melody
By SU Dongpo Tr. ZHAO Yanchun
On Mid-Autumn Festival (the 15th day of the 8th moon), 1076，I drink till dawn and get fuddled. Writing this, I miss my brother Zi You.
How often does the bright moon appear? Holding my cup, I ask the blue sky. Tonight, I do not know, which year It is in the palace on high? I would go above, riding the air; In the celestial castles there, The cold, I’m afraid, I couldn’t bear. To dance there with a cool shadow whirled Is not better than this human world.
Thus turns around the moon glow, From red roofs to my window, And floods my sleepless sorrow. Gainst man the moon should bear no spite. Why, then, when people part is it round and bright? People gather and part again, The moon undergoes wax and wane, One can ne’er perfection attain. How I wish man could live for e’er And share her fair light everywhere.
ZHAO Yanchun, Professor of English at Shanghai University, Director of Shanghai University Center for Translation and Publishing, Editor of Translating China, President of International Sinology and Education Society, President of Chinese Culture Translation and International Promotion Committee, Executive President of Chinese Classics Bilinguals’ Association, Vice President of China Language Education Association, a proponent of the principle of translating poesie into poesie and classic into classic.
栏目策划：金石开
栏目主编：赵彦春、莫真宝
组稿编辑：吕文澎
本期作者：苏 轼
本期译者：赵彦春
中英朗诵：朱盛杰
英文书法：凌光艺
本期排版：曼 曼
《酬乐天扬州初逢席上见赠》A Reply to Bai Juyi, Who Writes Me a Verse at Our First Meeting at a Feast in Yangzhou 《赴北平道上》On My Way to Peking《次韵答东翁见寄》In Reply to What Lord East Sent to Me《病 起》I’m Cured《白云山》Mt. White Cloud《行路难》It’s a Hard Go, Three Poems (No. 1)《寒食》Cold Food Day《甲寅夏日有感》An Impromptu on a Summer Day of 1974《血战湘江》Battle by the Hsiang River《卜算子·咏梅》Ode to the Wintersweet《卜算子·黄州定慧院寓居作》Composed at My Dwelling of Sedate Wisdom Fane in Huangzhou《茶》Tea《吾心》My Conscience《高阳台 · 忆故园玉簪花》Dreaming of Jade Hairpin Flowers in My Old Clime《送友人》Seeing Off a Friend《题破山寺后禅院》An Inscription for the Back Yard of Zen of Bliss Fane《已凉》So Cool《卖炭翁》The Charcoal Gray Hair《茅屋为秋风所破歌》A Song to My Thatched Roof Ruined by an Autumn Wind《乡夏》Rural Summer《乡村春节掠影》A Sketch of Rural Spring Festival (No.7)《望洞庭湖赠张丞相》To Premier Zhang Overlooking Cavehall Lake《清明雨中》Pure Brightness Day in the Rain《高阳台 · 次孟女史韵写法源寺丁香》Lilac in Dharma Source Fane in Reply to Miss Meng’s Rhymed Verse《中华黄河楼即兴》An Impromptu: Chinese Yellow River Tower《画堂春 · 望春风》Gazing at the Spring Wind 《送杜少府之任蜀州》Seeing Du Fu Off to His Post in Sichuan《式微》It’s Dark《临江仙 · 荣莹卧病》My Classmate Rong Ying’s Illness Abed《黄河壶口》The Yellow River Kettlemouth《相见欢》A Merry Encounter《采桑子》A Mulberry Gatherer《五四携孙儿游动物园》A Tour of Zoo with My Grandkid on May 4 编辑：王傲霏, 二审：曼曼，终审：金石开
