榴绽唐笺，艳染千年诗卷。唐诗里石榴或寄缱绻情思，或抒襟怀志趣，一花一果皆是唐人心境缩影。以译笔架山海之桥，借榴花为华夏文化名片，让东方花木诗意扬帆出海。

1.孔绍安《侍宴咏石榴》

可惜庭中树，移根逐汉臣。

只为来时晚，花开不及春。

Ode to Pomegranate at Royal Banquet

By Kong Shao’an / Tr. Wang Yongli

What grieves the tree in royal yard,

Borne here by Han envoy’s toil and ward.

Its advent lagged behind spring’s prime,

It blooms when spring has passed its time.

2.宋之问《玩郡斋海榴》

泽国韶气早，开帘预熏风。

海榴开几许，留待外宾同。

日暖珠房坼，霜繁锦萼红。

宁知安石意，留赏意无穷。

Playing with Sea Pomegranate in Prefect’s Study

By Song Zhiwen / Tr. Wang Yongli

In marshy realms spring comes with breath so early mild,

I raise the blind to welcome warm wind soft and wild.

How many blooms the sea pomegranate doth unfold?

I keep their bloom for foreign guests to view and hold.

The sun’s mild warmth makes jewelled fruit-cases split apart,

Thick frosty bloom dyes brocade calyx crimson-heart.

Who can perceive the hidden mood of Master Anshi?

Delight of lingering to admire shall never die.

3.李白《咏邻女东窗海石榴》

鲁女东窗下，海榴世所希。

珊瑚映绿水，未足比光辉。

清香随风发，落日好鸟归。

愿为东南枝，低举拂罗衣。

无由共攀折，引领望金扉。

To the Pomegranate by a Neighbor’s Eastern Window

Li Bai / Tr. Wang Yongli

Beneath east casement dwells the maid of Lu,

Her sea pomegranate all rare excels in view.

The coral bathed in green water’s lucent glow

Can never match the radiant bloom’s soft throw.

Its pure fragrance drifts on gentle vernal air,

At sunset homing birds find rest and shelter there.

O to be that southeast bough that bends low,

To brush her silken robe while soft winds sway slow!

No warrant to pluck blossoms by her side,

I crane my neck toward her gilded door open wide.

4.韦应物《移海榴》

叶有苦寒色，山中霜雪多。

虽此蒙阳景，移根意若何。

Transplanting the Sea Pomegranate

By Wei Yingwu / Tr. Wang Yongli

Its leaves retain the tint of bitter cold,

Where mountain slopes with frost and snow unfold.

Though basking now beneath the sun’s soft ray,

What grieves the root torn from its native clay?

5.柳宗元《新植海石榴》

弱植不盈尺，远意驻蓬瀛。

月寒空阶曙，幽梦彩云生。

粪壤擢珠树，莓苔插琼英。

芳根閟颜色，徂岁为谁荣。

Newly-Planted Sea Pomegranate

By Liu Zongyuan / Tr. Wang Yongli

A tender sapling scarce a foot in height,

Its longing soul clings to Penglai’s fairy site.

Cold moon bathes bare stone steps at dawn’s pale glow,

Soft rosy clouds unfold within its secret dream’s slow flow.

From fertile loam ascends the pearl-tree’s shoot,

Mid mossy banks spring forth jade blossoms fine and fruit.

Its fragrant roots lock up its latent grace;

For whom to bloom while fleeting years efface?

6.韩愈《题张十一旅舍三咏·榴花》

五月榴花照眼明，枝间时见子初成。

可怜此地无车马，颠倒青苔落绛英。

Pomegranate Blooms at Zhang’s Travelling Lodge

By Han Yu / Tr. Wang Yongli

In fifth moon’s glow, bright blooms dazzle the eye;

Young fruits peep forth where leafy branches lie.

Alas, no carriage comes, no horseman nigh—

On tangled moss the crimson petals sigh.

7.白居易《题山石榴花》

一丛千朵压阑干，翦碎红绡却作团。

风袅舞腰香不尽，露销妆脸泪新干。

蔷薇带刺攀应懒，菡萏生泥玩亦难。

争及此花檐户下，任人采弄尽人看。

On the Mountain Pomegranate Flower

By Bai Juyi / Tr. Wang Yongli

A thousand blooms bend low to weigh the rail,

As shredded crimson silk is rolled to round array.

Soft wind sways dancing waists with scent ne’er to fail,

Dew doth fade painted cheeks where fresh tears decay.

Thorn-fringed rose deters all hands from climbing near,

Mud-born lotus forbids fond sport by water side.

What bloom beneath the eaves with it can compare?

Free to be plucked, and all may gaze their fill with pride.

8.元稹《石榴花》

寥落山榴深映叶，红霞浅带碧霄云。

曲尘枝下年年见，别似衣裳不似裙。

Pomegranate Blossoms

By Yuan Zhen / Tr. Wang Yongli

Sparse blooms lurk deep where leafy screens inclose,

Like rosy clouds suffusing turquoise heaven’s glow.

Beneath dust-tawny boughs each year their grace unclose;

They suit long robes, yet never match a skirt’s soft throw.

9.李商隐《石榴》

榴枝婀娜榴实繁，榴膜轻明榴子鲜。

可羡瑶池碧桃树，碧桃红颊一千年。

Pomegranate

by Li Shangyin / Tr. Wang Yongli

Lithe boughs in grace bear fruits in clustered store,

Thin pellicle shines bright where plump fresh seeds abide.

I envy jasper-peach by Jade Pool’s enchanted shore,

Whose rosy cheeks endure full thousand years beside.

10.皮日休《石榴歌》

蝉噪秋枝槐叶黄，石榴香老愁寒霜。

流霞包染紫鹦粟，黄蜡纸裹红瓠房。

玉刻冰壶含露湿，斓斑似带湘娥泣。

萧娘初嫁嗜甘酸，嚼破水精千万粒。

Song of the Pomegranate

By Pi Rixiu / Tr. Wang Yongli

Cicadas chirp on autumn boughs, pagoda leaves turn gold;

The pomegranate’s mellow scent dreads frost and bitter cold.

With rosy glow and purple freckles it is dyed,

Like yellow waxed sheets folding a red fruit chamber inside.

Carved jade and icy urn, bedewed with glistening light,

Its mottled hues bear traces of the Xiang maid’s sad plight.

A newly-wedded maid loves sweet and sour delight;

She bites through crystal seeds, ten thousand taking flight.

11.刘言史《山寺看海榴花》

琉璃地上绀宫新，削翠凝红拂世尘。

夜久月明人去尽，艳花犹照佛前身。

Viewing Pomegranate Blooms in Mountain Temple

By Liu Yanshi / Tr. Wang Yongli

On glazed ground stands the indigo shrine newly arrayed,

Chiselled green and clustered red sweep mortal dust away.

Late moon hangs high when every guest has left the glade,

Bright blossoms still illume the Buddha’s sacred clay.

12.黄滔《奉和文尧对庭前千叶石榴》

一朵千英绽晓枝，彩霞堪与别为期。

移根若在芙蓉苑，岂向当年醉里时。

Harmonizing Wen Yao’s Ode to Multi-Petaled Courtyard Pomegranate

By Huang Tao / Tr. Wang Yongli

Each bloom unfurls a thousand florets on dawn-kissed bough,

Its rosy glow makes cloud and bloom plight parting tryst.

Were its roots set in Hibiscus Palace’s lotus bough,

It ne’er would grace old feasts wrapped in drunk hours’soft mist.

这组十二首唐诗英译集锦熔萃译笔精华，恪守信达雅韵致。以石榴为媒，打破语言壁垒，将蕴藏在榴花果间的中式审美与文人情怀远播四海，令独树一帜的东方榴韵跨越国界、芬芳世界。