试英译七律： 登長城弔戰國七雄

 

登長城弔戰國七雄

 

長城一步一登臨，萬丈雄心壯險尋。

峻嶺延綿峰巒起，牆崖直上碧雲深。

秦皇武舉堪稱霸，歷代風騷領幾人。

六國君王空有恨，江山夢遠伴泉吟。

 

作者：吳懷楚

二零零六年七月十四日於北京

（吳懷楚，越华作家，诗人，现居美国）

 

Climbing up the Great Wall to Mourn the Seven Warring States

 

Step by step I climbed up the Great Wall,

with great  ambition I wished to explore it all.

Mountains over mountains, there is no end in sight,

the walls stand straight up to the deep blue sky.

Qin Shi Huang called that he'd conquered the nation,

how many people have taken the lead since then?

The kings of the six kingdoms just nursed a grievance,

and their dream of ruling the world  lost in distance.

 

押韵格式，Rhyming scheme :AABBCCDD

Tr. 小贝壳