《静夜思》的9个翻译版本

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Recently I have post lot of Chinese classical poems, some are my translation, and I found it is so difficult to do this job, here are an example how expert translate Chinese poem, 9 versions, see what is the difference and which style do you like:
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7 h1 G' s2 ^+ x- c/ v$ v静夜思
李白
' L8 k; r$ v2 {9 g, T. k" C床前明月光，疑是地上霜。
举头望明月，低头思故乡。

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1).
) h- k: a" C+ QIn the Still of the Night
! Q* w/ X% n9 {  OI descry bright moonlight in front of my bed.
& B) \( [0 e+ N& V6 L. VI suspect it to be hoary frost on the floor.
I watch the bright moon, as I tilt back my head.
I yearn, while stooping, for my homeland more.
& I* n4 ]/ g9 P6 g（徐忠杰）

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2).
A Tranquil Night
" K+ \& E8 y/ R; DAbed, I see a silver light,
I wonder if it's frost aground.
Looking up, I find the moon bright;
Bowing, in homesickness I''m drowned.
(许渊冲)

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3).
$ x8 F, Z1 {3 Y" R5 X& vIn the Quiet Night
$ o3 I+ f/ {/ D: ^* cSo bright a gleam on the foot of my bed---
Could there have been a frost already?
Lifting my head to look, I found that it was moonlight.
. p; f* U+ u. B  R, p% CSinking back again, I thought suddenly of home.
' B) ]! }' w0 f0 P(Tr. Witter Bynner)

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4).
Night Thoughts
I wake, and moonbeams play around my bed,
Glittering like hoar-frost to my wandering eyes;
Up towards the glorious moon I raise my head,
% n% r5 Y7 r8 T- R0 V: PThen lay me down---and thoughts of home arise.
9 ?9 j) ?) t4 m6 ], F( Tr. Herbert A. Giles)

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5).
+ p+ ~) S' G( Z! k; K# @$ R/ gOn a Quiet Night
I saw the moonlight before my couch,
And wondered if it were not the frost on the ground.
0 n& \! |# k! x, H# J9 Y4 LI raised my head and looked out on the mountain noon,
I bowed my head and though of my far-off home.
4 y* e9 l& ~$ Q* f2 s: r(TR. S. Obata)

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6).
. Y+ ?7 E: k  q& ^" FThe Moon Shines Everywhere
Seeing the moon before my couch so bright
- X* e6 i+ U* C- Y  z1 SI thought hoar frost had fallen from the night.
: j% `6 w0 @* t+ y, YOn her clear face I gaze with lifted eyes:
4 q; F% w( c3 z- q/ [. x: GThen hide them full of Youth''s sweet memories.
# J* c# L+ k; ~, u# r7 C7 {(Tr. W.J.B. Fletcher)

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7).
" p; z3 X( Y3 [5 dNight Thoughts
  A* U, `3 A; X5 y, hIn front of my bed the moonlight is very bright.
I wonder if that can be frost on the floor?
I list up my head and look at the full noon, the dazzling moon.
I drop my head, and think of the home of old days.
! k& @' D) u# i+ I: `: }. ^, a(Tr. Amy Lowell)

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8).
Thoughts in a Tranquil Night
( D& C+ {4 m! M" g- y# j1 yAthwart the bed
: o3 Z# ?. M% w# {, B+ ]3 ~, [, G: ]I watch the moonbeams cast a trail
! O5 z) g, z$ F, q% h% U5 @$ JSo bright, so cold, so frail,
That for a space it gleams
Like hoar-frost on the margin of my dreams.
8 W6 Q& v% }! [) u/ r' EI raise my head, -
The splendid moon I see:
8 B; ^4 A) T0 _  sThen droop my head,
And sink to dreams of thee -
My father land , of thee!
(Tr. L.Cranmer-Byng)

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9).
Nostalgia
' C5 d/ q& ?! ~9 @! K& i2 GA splash of white on my bedroom floor. Hoarfrost?
$ P2 z1 g$ p7 ?5 XI raise my eyes to the moon, the same noon.
% V6 S3 l% U5 y* p, y  eAs scenes long past come to mind, my eyes fall again on the splash of white,
; y0 G" j( U$ N* p: a2 ]2 I  U. tand my heart aches for home.