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竹，是华夏文明独有的精神符号，位列“四君子（松、竹、梅、兰）”，承载虚心、坚贞、清雅、隐逸的人格理想。唐诗为咏竹文学的鼎盛高峰，《全唐诗》存千余涉竹诗作，帝王、诗圣、诗佛、才子皆以竹寄情，将自然草木升华为文人精神载体：太宗赋竹彰贞洁，杜甫咏竹惜风骨，王维借竹写禅隐，白居易品竹论德艺，诸家笔底青筠，藏尽唐人处世心境与审美追求。
本次甄选十六首唐代咏竹经典，覆盖初盛中晚四代名家，兼顾咏竹、观竹、种竹、画竹、竹境寄怀多元题材。遵循 “信达雅” 翻译准则原创英译，精准还原字词本义、贴合原诗格律气韵、传递竹文化深层意象，打破语言壁垒，让全球读者读懂藏于翠竹间的东方诗意与千年君子文化。
1.《严郑公宅同咏竹》唐·杜甫
绿竹半含箨，新梢才出墙。
色侵书帙晚，阴过酒樽凉。
雨洗娟娟净，风吹细细香。
但令无剪伐，会见拂云长。
Ode to Bamboo at Lord Yan’s Manor
By Du Fu (Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
Bamboo shoots half sheathed in husks,
Young sprigs o’er the wall just peak.
Shades spill on scrolls at dusk,
Cool wine cups breeze doth seek.
Rain washes bamboos fair and clean,
Soft winds carry faint sweet scent.
Spare them from axe and shear so keen,
They’ll rise to brush the firmament.
2.《庭竹》唐·刘禹锡
露涤铅粉节，风摇青玉枝。
依依似君子，无地不相宜。
Bamboos in Courtyard
By Liu Yuxi (Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
Dew washes each pale, powder-laced joint,
The wind stirs their boughs of jade-green grace.
With gentle poise, like a noble soul,
In every soil they find their place.
3.《竹》唐·李贺
入水文光动，抽空绿影春。
露华生笋径，苔色拂霜根。
织可承香汗，裁堪钓锦鳞。
三梁曾入用，一节奉王孙。
Bamboo
By Li He (Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
Their ripples stir the water’s glow,
Slender green shadows spring upward high.
Dew beads line the shoot-lined path,
Moss brushes frost-kissed roots nearby.
Woven mats catch sweat’s soft scent,
Cut poles catch fish with scales bright.
Once shaped for royal beams,
Each joint graced lords with noble light.
4.《新竹》唐·元稹
新篁才解箨，寒色已青葱。
冉冉偏凝粉，萧萧渐引风。
扶疏多透日，寥落未成丛。
惟有团团节，坚贞大小同。
New Bamboo Shoots
By Yuan Zhen (Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
New bamboo sheds its husk at last,
Cool verdure spreads far and wide.
Pale powder clings soft and slow,
Soughing winds through branches glide.
Sunlight threads thin scattered fronds,
Sparse shoots not yet a thicket make.
Round joints stand firm, one and all,
Each stout, unyielding, for virtue’s sake.
5.《新栽竹》唐·白居易
佐邑意不适，闭门秋草生。
何以娱野性？种竹百余茎。
见此溪上色，忆得山中情。
有时公事暇，尽日绕栏行。
勿言根未固，勿言阴未成。
已觉庭宇内，稍稍有余清。
最爱近窗卧，秋风枝有声。
Newly Planted Bamboos
By Bai Juyi (Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
Office work weighs heavy on my heart,
Autumn weeds creep behind closed gate.
What soothes my wild, unconfined soul?
A hundred bamboo shoots I cultivate.
Their stream-side green brings back the hills,
Where quiet joy once filled my days.
When state affairs leave idle hours,
I pace the rail through all long days.
Say not their roots are weak and loose,
Say not their shade is thin and pale—
Soft coolness fills the courtyard space,
A gentle calm that ne’er shall fail.
I love to rest beside the pane,
To hear wind murmur through bamboo cane.
6.《竹里馆》唐·王维
独坐幽篁里，弹琴复长啸。
深林人不知，明月来相照。
Bamboo Hut
By Wang Wei (Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
Alone I sit in bamboo’s quiet grove,
Pluck my lute and let long whistles flow.
No mortal soul knows where I dwell,
Only bright moon shines down to know.
7.《赋得临池竹》唐·李世民
贞条障曲砌，翠叶贯寒霜。
拂牖分龙影，临池待凤翔。
Ode to Bamboos by the Pond
By Emperor Li Shimin (Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
Steadfast stalks screen winding stone steps,
Green leaves bear cold frost through each night.
Dragon-like shadows brush window panes,
By the pond they wait phoenix’s flight.
8.《临阶竹》唐·卢照邻
封霜连锦砌，防露拂瑶阶。
聊将仪凤质，暂与俗人谐。
Bamboos Beside Stone Steps
By Lu Zhaolin (Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
Frost clings to bamboo by marble stairs,
Dew-wet fronds sweep polished stone.
This phoenix-worthy graceful grace,
Now dwells with common folk alone.
9.《竹迳》唐·韩愈
无尘从不扫，有鸟莫令弹。
若要添风月，应除数百竿。
Bamboo Path
By Han Yu (Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
No dust to sweep this bamboo lane,
Spare the birds, no slingshot’s aim.
If moon and wind need ampler space,
We'll cut a hundred stalks from this place.
10.《竹溪》唐·韩愈
蔼蔼溪流漫，梢梢岸筱长。
穿沙碧簳净，落水紫苞香。
Bamboo Stream
By Han Yu (Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
Calm streams spread wide and gently flow,
Slender shore bamboos upward grow.
Green stalks pierce sand, pure and clear,
Fallen purple shoots breathe fragrance near.
11.《题竹》唐·李群玉
一顷含秋绿，森风十万竿。
气吹朱夏转，声扫碧霄寒。
Inscription on Bamboo
By Li Qunyu (Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
A stretch of autumn green unfurls,
Ten thousand stalks stir wind’s soft whirl.
Their breath dispels hot summer fire,
Their rustle chills the blue sky higher.
12.《竹》唐·郑谷
宜烟宜雨又宜风，拂水藏村复间松。
移得萧骚从远寺，洗来疏净见前峰。
侵阶藓拆春芽迸，绕径莎微夏荫浓。
无赖杏花多意绪，数枝穿翠好相容。
Bamboo
By Zheng Gu (Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
They thrive in mist, rain and wind’s soft sway,
Brush streams, hide hamlets, stand midst pine array.
I brought their soughing from a distant shrine,
Washed clean, they frame the peaks beyond the line.
Spring shoots break moss beside stone stairs,
Thick summer shade wraps grassy thoroughfares.
Wild apricot blooms brim with tender mood,
Peeking through green boughs, in sweet accord they stood.
13.《竹》唐·李建勋
琼节高吹宿凤枝，风流交我立忘归。
最怜瑟瑟斜阳下，花影相和满客衣。
Bamboo
By Li Jianxun (Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
Jade joints rise high where phoenix once rested,
Their grace holds me fast, all haste arrested.
I love their rustle beneath sunset glow,
Blossom shadows stain my wanderer’s robe slow.
14.《庭竹》唐·李中
偶自山僧院，移归傍砌栽。
好风终日起，幽鸟有时来。
筛月牵诗兴，笼烟伴酒杯。
南窗睡轻起，萧飒雨声回。
Courtyard Bamboos
By Li Zhong (Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
From a mountain monk’s yard I bore them home,
Planted beside stone steps to freely roam.
Soft winds stir all day long without cease,
Quiet birds come visit at their ease.
Moonlight filters through to stir my verse,
Mist shrouds my cup as I sip wine’s mild haze.
I wake light from south window’s rest,
Bamboo’s sough blends with rain’s soft quest.
15.《画竹歌》唐·白居易
画竹歌（并引）
协律郎萧悦善画竹，举时无伦。萧亦甚自秘重，有终岁求其一竿一枝而不得者。知予天与好事，忽写一十五竿，惠然见投。予厚其意，高其艺，无以答贶，作歌以报之，凡一百六十六字云。
植物之中竹难写，古今虽画无似者。
萧郎下笔独逼真，丹青以来唯一人。
人画竹身肥臃肿，萧画茎瘦节节竦。
人画竹梢死羸垂，萧画枝活叶叶动。
不根而生从意生，不笋而成由笔成。
野塘水边埼岸侧，森森两丛十五茎。
婵娟不失筠粉态，萧飒尽得风烟情。
举头忽看不似画，低耳静听疑有声。
西丛七茎劲而健，省向天竺寺前石上见。
东丛八茎疏且寒，忆曾湘妃庙里雨中看。
幽姿远思少人别，与君相顾空长叹。
萧郎萧郎老可惜，手颤眼昏头雪色。
自言便是绝笔时，从今此竹尤难得。
Song of Painted Bamboo (With Preface)
By Bai Juyi (Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
Preface:
Xiao Yue, Director of Musical Rituals, excels at painting bamboo, unmatched in all the realm. He guards his works closely; many beg for a single stalk or twig all year yet gain none. Knowing I cherish fine art, he painted fifteen bamboo stalks and sent them to me as a gift. I value his kindness and admire his craft, lacking fitting reward, I compose this ballad for him, one hundred sixty-six words in full.
Poem:
Of all green plants, bamboo’s hardest to portray;
No painter past or present captures its sway.
Only Xiao’s brush renders its true living grace,
Unrivaled since the birth of painting’s artful space.
Others draw thick, bloated stalks, heavy and slow;
His thin stems rise, each joint upright to grow.
Others paint limp, lifeless fronds that droop and fade;
His branches breathe, each leaf stirs in the shade.
Rootless they rise, born from his inner mind,
No sprouts precede—his brush creates their kind.
By wild pond banks two dense groves stand tall,
Fifteen stalks framed within his painted wall.
Pale bloom dust clings to their slender fair frame,
Wind and mist’s soft mood each twig can claim.
I glance up, doubting it’s mere painted page;
I lean to listen, half-expecting wind’s soft rage.
Seven west stalks stand sturdy, bold and strong—
I’ve seen such bamboos by Tianzhu Temple’s stone throng.
Eight east stalks thin, cold, sparse and lean,
As those I watched in Xiangfei Temple’s rain scene.
Few souls discern their subtle grace and lofty thought;
We gaze at each other and sigh for what’s sought.
Alas, Xiao Yue, your years now wear you thin,
Trembling hands, dim eyes, hair white as frost’s cold skin.
You say this work shall be your final stroke;
Such bamboo art shall never grace folk’s yoke.
16.《夏日南亭怀辛大》唐·孟浩然
山光忽西落，池月渐东上。
散发乘夕凉，开轩卧闲敞。
荷风送香气，竹露滴清响。
欲取鸣琴弹，恨无知音赏。
感此怀故人，中宵劳梦想。
Thinking of Xin Da at South Pavilion on a Summer Evening
By Meng Haoran (Tang Dynasty)
Translated by Wang Yongli
Mountain glow dips sudden to the west,
Pond moon climbs slow from eastern crest.
Loose hair unbound, I taste dusk’s cool air,
Open windows, rest in spacious care.
Lotus winds bear soft sweet scent,
Bamboo dew drips with clear descent.
I reach to pluck my resonant lute,
But find no connoisseur to salute.
This sight stirs longing for my old friend,
Till midnight dreams on him depend.
翻译无止境，笔者力求做到：
1、信（忠实原文）：严格还原诗歌物象、典故、情感，“箨、筠粉、幽篁、湘妃、天竺寺” 等文化专有名词兼顾字面释义与意象简化，不增删原诗主旨；长诗《画竹歌》完整保留序言与全诗叙事逻辑。
2、达（流畅通顺）：采用英语传统格律诗句式，调整语序适配英文阅读习惯，规避中式直译生硬感，动词、形容词贴合景物动态，复刻竹风、竹影、竹露的画面流动感。
3、雅（韵律审美）：全篇采用隔行尾韵，五言、七言诗对应简洁四行/八行英诗节奏，长短句匹配原诗舒缓或激昂气韵；规避现代口语词汇，选用古典书面语，贴合唐诗典雅文风。
4、文化适配：“君子、贞节、凤凰、知音” 等中式精神符号用具象英文意象转化，兼顾海外读者理解门槛，保留东方竹文化内核不流失。
因水平有限，译作存在不足，敬请专家、学者和读者批评指正。笔者愿为中华文化出海减少“文化折扣”贡献绵薄之力。
十六首唐竹诗收束于此，青筠风骨随双语译笔跨越山海。竹藏文人坚守与淡泊，唐诗载华夏千年诗意。愿这本双语集架起文明桥梁，让海外读者读懂翠竹承载的东方人格美学，共赏跨越千年、生生不息的竹韵诗魂。
