望天门山

       ---李白

天门中断楚江开，碧水东流至此回。

两岸青山相对出，孤帆一片日边来。

Looking up at the Mount Celestial Gate from Afar

---Li Bai

---Translated by 许景城 (Peter Jingcheng Xu)

The medial breach through rushes Chu River

Of Mount Celestial Gate, where comes in rapid pace

The eastward rolling emerald water.

In the abrupt appearance standing face to face

The mountain on each bank leaps to the eye.

Far beyond golden kiss of sea and sky,

Being crowned with glowing sunshine lace and coat,

Does loom a lonely sailing, fluttering boat. 

Notes:

1.   Mount Celestial Gate: It is located in the southwest reach of Wu Hu, An Hui, a part of the Yangzi River, with Bo Wang Mountain to its east, Liangshan to its west and Chu River flowing in between. It gets its name for the breach looks like a gate.

2.   Chu River: A part of Yangzi River flowing from Yi Chan, Hu Bei down through Wu Hu, An Hui. Due to the area the river runs through belonging to Chu State, the poet named the river as Chu River.

译于2010-05-09

附其他译本：

译本A：

Mount Heaven’s Gate Vewed from Afar

             　　　　---Li Bai

---Translated by许渊冲

 Breaking Mount Heaven’s Gate, the great River rolls through;

 Green billows eastward flow and here turn to the north.

 From both sides of the River thrust out the cliffs blue;

Leaving the sun behind, a lonely sail comes forth.

译本B：

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Heavenly Gate split open in the middle for Chu River;
The blue water flowing east will flow back from here.
The verdant mountains on either bank rise opposite;
A lonely sail comes from the side of the sun.

参见：http://www.yidian.org/articlelist.php?tid=14681

译本C：

Watching Mount Tianmen
by Li Bai

The Yangtze River split Mount Tianmen down the middle,
And green water galloping east swirls here like a spindle.
The blue hills turning up on riversides stand face to face,
A single sail is now approaching from the sunrise apace.

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