白居易(772年-846年),字樂天,號香山居士,又號醉吟先生,祖籍太原,到其曾祖父時遷居下邽,生于河南新鄭。是唐代偉大的現(xiàn)實(shí)主義詩人,唐代三大詩人之一。白居易倡導(dǎo)新樂府運(yùn)動。白居易的詩歌題材廣泛,形式多樣,語言平易通俗,有“詩魔”和“詩王”之稱。
BAI Juyi(772-846), styled Blessed Glee, Mt. Balm by literary name, born in New Cheng, in present-day Henan Province. A realistic poet, one of the three most outstanding poets in the Tang dynasty, and an advocator of Yuefu Movement with Yuanzhen (a litterateur and official in the Tang dynasty) Bai’s poems comprise various themes, and his language is easy-going. Bai was praised as “Magician of Poems” and “King of Poems”.
插圖來自網(wǎng)絡(luò)
A Rainy Night on the BoatThe river clouds so dim drift, drift;The river winds so cold, sough, sough.The night rain falls onto the stern;The night waves beat upon the prow.There lies a guest sick on the boat;Veering left, to Bankshine we plough.

譯者簡介:
趙彥春 博士生導(dǎo)師,上海大學(xué)中國文化翻譯研究中心主任,國際學(xué)術(shù)期刊Translating China主編,國際漢學(xué)與教育研究會會長、傳統(tǒng)文化翻譯與國際傳播專業(yè)委員會會長、中國先秦史學(xué)會國學(xué)雙語研究會執(zhí)行會長、中國國學(xué)雙語研究會執(zhí)行會長,中國語言教育研究會副會長、其翻譯作品,被譽(yù)為“有史以來最美漢英翻譯”“神翻譯”“神還原”。Biosketch of the Translator:ZHAO Yanchun, Professor of English at Shanghai University, Director of Center for Translation of Chinese Culture, Editor of Translating China, President of International Sinology and Education, President of Chinese Culture Translation and International Promotion, Executive President of Chinese Classics Bilinguals’ Association, Vice President of China Language Education Association, a proponent of the principle of translating poesies into poesies and classics into classics. His translations have been widely reported and acclaimed as the unprecedented Chinese-English translation, the best, the choice, the cream.
欄目策劃:趙彥春 莫真寶
組稿編輯:呂文澎
本期作者:【唐】白居易
本期譯者:趙彥春
中英朗誦:朱盛杰
英文書法:凌光藝
本期排版:馮 曉