中文English
青青陵上柏
青青陵上柏，
磊磊涧中石。
Green, green, the cypress on the tomb-mound; heaped, heaped, the stones in the ravine.
人生天地间，
忽如远行客。
A man's life between heaven and earth is sudden as a traveler going far.
斗酒相娱乐，
聊厚不为薄。
A measure of wine brings us shared pleasure; let us count it generous rather than meagre.
驱车策驽马，
游戏宛与洛。
I drive the cart and whip the nag, and roam about Wan and Luo.
洛中何郁郁，
冠带自相索。
How teeming is Luo within—caps and sashes seeking one another out.
长衢罗夹巷，
王侯多第宅。
Long avenues, and lanes between; many the mansions of princes and lords.
两宫遥相望，
双阙百余尺。
The two palaces gaze at each other from afar; the twin gate-towers a hundred feet and more.
极宴娱心意，
戚戚何所迫？
Feast to the full and delight the heart—why be anxious and so hard pressed?
