竹，是华夏文明独有的精神符号，位列“四君子（松、竹、梅、兰）”，承载虚心、坚贞、清雅、隐逸的人格理想。唐诗为咏竹文学的鼎盛高峰，《全唐诗》存千余涉竹诗作，帝王、诗圣、诗佛、才子皆以竹寄情，将自然草木升华为文人精神载体：太宗赋竹彰贞洁，杜甫咏竹惜风骨，王维借竹写禅隐，白居易品竹论德艺，诸家笔底青筠，藏尽唐人处世心境与审美追求。
本次甄选十六首唐代咏竹经典，覆盖初盛中晚四代名家，兼顾咏竹、观竹、种竹、画竹、竹境寄怀多元题材。遵循 “信达雅”翻译准则原创英译，精准还原字词本义、贴合原诗格律气韵、传递竹文化深层意象，打破语言壁垒，让全球读者读懂藏于翠竹间的东方诗意与千年君子文化。
1.《严郑公宅同咏竹》唐·杜甫
绿竹半含箨，新梢才出墙。
色侵书帙晚，阴过酒樽凉。
雨洗娟娟净，风吹细细香。
但令无剪伐，会见拂云长。
Odeto Bamboo at Lord Yan’s Manor
ByDu Fu (Tang Dynasty)
Translatedby Wang Yongli
Bambooshoots half sheathed in husks,
Youngsprigs o’er the wall just peak.
Shadesspill on scrolls at dusk,
Coolwine cups breeze doth seek.
Rainwashes bamboos fair and clean,
Softwinds carry faint sweet scent.
Sparethem from axe and shear so keen,
They’llrise to brush the firmament.
2.《庭竹》唐·刘禹锡
露涤铅粉节，风摇青玉枝。
依依似君子，无地不相宜。
Bamboosin Courtyard
ByLiu Yuxi (Tang Dynasty)
Translatedby Wang Yongli
Dewwashes each pale, powder-laced joint,
Thewind stirs their boughs of jade-green grace.
Withgentle poise, like a noble soul,
Inevery soil they find their place.
3.《竹》唐·李贺
入水文光动，抽空绿影春。
露华生笋径，苔色拂霜根。
织可承香汗，裁堪钓锦鳞。
三梁曾入用，一节奉王孙。
Bamboo
ByLi He (Tang Dynasty)
Translatedby Wang Yongli
Theirripples stir the water’s glow,
Slendergreen shadows spring upward high.
Dewbeads line the shoot-lined path,
Mossbrushes frost-kissed roots nearby.
Wovenmats catch sweat’s soft scent,
Cutpoles catch fish with scales bright.
Onceshaped for royal beams,
Eachjoint graced lords with noble light.
4.《新竹》唐·元稹
新篁才解箨，寒色已青葱。
冉冉偏凝粉，萧萧渐引风。
扶疏多透日，寥落未成丛。
惟有团团节，坚贞大小同。
NewBamboo Shoots
ByYuan Zhen (Tang Dynasty)
Translatedby Wang Yongli
Newbamboo sheds its husk at last,
Coolverdure spreads far and wide.
Palepowder clings soft and slow,
Soughingwinds through branches glide.
Sunlightthreads thin scattered fronds,
Sparseshoots not yet a thicket make.
Roundjoints stand firm, one and all,
Eachstout, unyielding, for virtue’s sake.
5.《新栽竹》唐·白居易
佐邑意不适，闭门秋草生。
何以娱野性？种竹百余茎。
见此溪上色，忆得山中情。
有时公事暇，尽日绕栏行。
勿言根未固，勿言阴未成。
已觉庭宇内，稍稍有余清。
最爱近窗卧，秋风枝有声。
NewlyPlanted Bamboos
ByBai Juyi (Tang Dynasty)
Translatedby Wang Yongli
Officework weighs heavy on my heart,
Autumnweeds creep behind closed gate.
Whatsoothes my wild, unconfined soul?
Ahundred bamboo shoots I cultivate.
Theirstream-side green brings back the hills,
Wherequiet joy once filled my days.
Whenstate affairs leave idle hours,
Ipace the rail through all long days.
Saynot their roots are weak and loose,
Saynot their shade is thin and pale—
Softcoolness fills the courtyard space,
Agentle calm that ne’er shall fail.
Ilove to rest beside the pane,
Tohear wind murmur through bamboo cane.
6.《竹里馆》唐·王维
独坐幽篁里，弹琴复长啸。
深林人不知，明月来相照。
BambooHut
ByWang Wei (Tang Dynasty)
Translatedby Wang Yongli
AloneI sit in bamboo’s quiet grove,
Pluckmy lute and let long whistles flow.
Nomortal soul knows where I dwell,
Onlybright moon shines down to know.
7.《赋得临池竹》唐·李世民
贞条障曲砌，翠叶贯寒霜。
拂牖分龙影，临池待凤翔。
Odeto Bamboos by the Pond
ByEmperor Li Shimin (Tang Dynasty)
Translatedby Wang Yongli
Steadfaststalks screen winding stone steps,
Greenleaves bear cold frost through each night.
Dragon-likeshadows brush window panes,
Bythe pond they wait phoenix’s flight.
8.《临阶竹》唐·卢照邻
封霜连锦砌，防露拂瑶阶。
聊将仪凤质，暂与俗人谐。
BamboosBeside Stone Steps
ByLu Zhaolin (Tang Dynasty)
Translatedby Wang Yongli
Frostclings to bamboo by marble stairs,
Dew-wetfronds sweep polished stone.
Thisphoenix-worthy graceful grace,
Nowdwells with common folk alone.
9.《竹迳》唐·韩愈
无尘从不扫，有鸟莫令弹。
若要添风月，应除数百竿。
BambooPath
ByHan Yu (Tang Dynasty)
Translatedby Wang Yongli
Nodust to sweep this bamboo lane,
Sparethe birds, no slingshot’s aim.
Ifmoon and wind need ampler space,
We'llcut a hundred stalks from this place.
10.《竹溪》唐·韩愈
蔼蔼溪流漫，梢梢岸筱长。
穿沙碧簳净，落水紫苞香。
BambooStream
ByHan Yu (Tang Dynasty)
Translatedby Wang Yongli
Calmstreams spread wide and gently flow,
Slendershore bamboos upward grow.
Greenstalks pierce sand, pure and clear,
Fallenpurple shoots breathe fragrance near.
11.《题竹》唐·李群玉
一顷含秋绿，森风十万竿。
气吹朱夏转，声扫碧霄寒。
Inscriptionon Bamboo
ByLi Qunyu (Tang Dynasty)
Translatedby Wang Yongli
Astretch of autumn green unfurls,
Tenthousand stalks stir wind’s soft whirl.
Theirbreath dispels hot summer fire,
Theirrustle chills the blue sky higher.
12.《竹》唐·郑谷
宜烟宜雨又宜风，拂水藏村复间松。
移得萧骚从远寺，洗来疏净见前峰。
侵阶藓拆春芽迸，绕径莎微夏荫浓。
无赖杏花多意绪，数枝穿翠好相容。
Bamboo
ByZheng Gu (Tang Dynasty)
Translatedby Wang Yongli
Theythrive in mist, rain and wind’s soft sway,
Brushstreams, hide hamlets, stand midst pine array.
Ibrought their soughing from a distant shrine,
Washedclean, they frame the peaks beyond the line.
Springshoots break moss beside stone stairs,
Thicksummer shade wraps grassy thoroughfares.
Wildapricot blooms brim with tender mood,
Peekingthrough green boughs, in sweet accord they stood.
13.《竹》唐·李建勋
琼节高吹宿凤枝，风流交我立忘归。
最怜瑟瑟斜阳下，花影相和满客衣。
Bamboo
ByLi Jianxun (Tang Dynasty)
Translatedby Wang Yongli
Jadejoints rise high where phoenix once rested,
Theirgrace holds me fast, all haste arrested.
Ilove their rustle beneath sunset glow,
Blossomshadows stain my wanderer’s robe slow.
14.《庭竹》唐·李中
偶自山僧院，移归傍砌栽。
好风终日起，幽鸟有时来。
筛月牵诗兴，笼烟伴酒杯。
南窗睡轻起，萧飒雨声回。
CourtyardBamboos
ByLi Zhong (Tang Dynasty)
Translatedby Wang Yongli
Froma mountain monk’s yard I bore themhome,
Plantedbeside stone steps to freely roam.
Softwinds stir all day long without cease,
Quietbirds come visit at their ease.
Moonlightfilters through to stir my verse,
Mistshrouds my cup as I sip wine’s mild haze.
Iwake light from south window’s rest,
Bamboo’ssough blends with rain’s soft quest.
15.《画竹歌》唐·白居易
画竹歌（并引）
协律郎萧悦善画竹，举时无伦。萧亦甚自秘重，有终岁求其一竿一枝而不得者。知予天与好事，忽写一十五竿，惠然见投。予厚其意，高其艺，无以答贶，作歌以报之，凡一百六十六字云。
植物之中竹难写，古今虽画无似者。
萧郎下笔独逼真，丹青以来唯一人。
人画竹身肥臃肿，萧画茎瘦节节竦。
人画竹梢死羸垂，萧画枝活叶叶动。
不根而生从意生，不笋而成由笔成。
野塘水边埼岸侧，森森两丛十五茎。
婵娟不失筠粉态，萧飒尽得风烟情。
举头忽看不似画，低耳静听疑有声。
西丛七茎劲而健，省向天竺寺前石上见。
东丛八茎疏且寒，忆曾湘妃庙里雨中看。
幽姿远思少人别，与君相顾空长叹。
萧郎萧郎老可惜，手颤眼昏头雪色。
自言便是绝笔时，从今此竹尤难得。
Songof Painted Bamboo (With Preface)
ByBai Juyi (Tang Dynasty)
Translatedby Wang Yongli
Preface:
XiaoYue, Director of Musical Rituals, excels at painting bamboo, unmatched in allthe realm. He guards his works closely; many beg for a single stalk or twig allyear yet gain none. Knowing I cherish fine art, he painted fifteen bamboostalks and sent them to me as a gift. I value his kindness and admire hiscraft, lacking fitting reward, I compose this ballad for him, one hundredsixty-six words in full.
Poem:
Ofall green plants, bamboo’s hardest to portray;
Nopainter past or present captures its sway.
OnlyXiao’s brush renders its true living grace,
Unrivaledsince the birth of painting’s artful space.
Othersdraw thick, bloated stalks, heavy and slow;
Histhin stems rise, each joint upright to grow.
Otherspaint limp, lifeless fronds that droop and fade;
Hisbranches breathe, each leaf stirs in the shade.
Rootlessthey rise, born from his inner mind,
Nosprouts precede—his brush creates their kind.
Bywild pond banks two dense groves stand tall,
Fifteenstalks framed within his painted wall.
Palebloom dust clings to their slender fair frame,
Windand mist’s soft mood each twig can claim.
Iglance up, doubting it’s mere painted page;
Ilean to listen, half-expecting wind’s soft rage.
Sevenwest stalks stand sturdy, bold and strong—
I’veseen such bamboos by Tianzhu Temple’s stone throng.
Eighteast stalks thin, cold, sparse and lean,
Asthose I watched in Xiangfei Temple’s rain scene.
Fewsouls discern their subtle grace and lofty thought;
Wegaze at each other and sigh for what’s sought.
Alas,Xiao Yue, your years now wear you thin,
Tremblinghands, dim eyes, hair white as frost’s cold skin.
Yousay this work shall be your final stroke;
Suchbamboo art shall never grace folk’s yoke.
16.《夏日南亭怀辛大》唐·孟浩然
山光忽西落，池月渐东上。
散发乘夕凉，开轩卧闲敞。
荷风送香气，竹露滴清响。
欲取鸣琴弹，恨无知音赏。
感此怀故人，中宵劳梦想。
Thinkingof Xin Da at South Pavilion on a Summer Evening
ByMeng Haoran (Tang Dynasty)
Translatedby Wang Yongli
Mountainglow dips sudden to the west,
Pondmoon climbs slow from eastern crest.
Loosehair unbound, I taste dusk’s cool air,
Openwindows, rest in spacious care.
Lotuswinds bear soft sweet scent,
Bamboodew drips with clear descent.
Ireach to pluck my resonant lute,
Butfind no connoisseur to salute.
Thissight stirs longing for my old friend,
Tillmidnight dreams on him depend.
翻译无止境，笔者力求做到：
1、信（忠实原文）：严格还原诗歌物象、典故、情感，“箨、筠粉、幽篁、湘妃、天竺寺”等文化专有名词兼顾字面释义与意象简化，不增删原诗主旨；长诗《画竹歌》完整保留序言与全诗叙事逻辑。
2、达（流畅通顺）：采用英语传统格律诗句式，调整语序适配英文阅读习惯，规避中式直译生硬感，动词、形容词贴合景物动态，复刻竹风、竹影、竹露的画面流动感。
3、雅（韵律审美）：全篇采用隔行尾韵，五言、七言诗对应简洁四行/八行英诗节奏，长短句匹配原诗舒缓或激昂气韵；规避现代口语词汇，选用古典书面语，贴合唐诗典雅文风。
4、文化适配：“君子、贞节、凤凰、知音” 等中式精神符号用具象英文意象转化，兼顾海外读者理解门槛，保留东方竹文化内核不流失。
因水平有限，译作存在不足，敬请专家、学者和读者批评指正。笔者愿为中华文化出海减少“文化折扣”贡献绵薄之力。
十六首唐竹诗收束于此，青筠风骨随双语译笔跨越山海。竹藏文人坚守与淡泊，唐诗载华夏千年诗意。愿这本双语集架起文明桥梁，让海外读者读懂翠竹承载的东方人格美学，共赏跨越千年、生生不息的竹韵诗魂。（王永利）
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