山鬼　　　　The Mountain Spirit
屈原　　　　Qu Yuan

若有人兮山之阿 There seem to be a man in the deep mountain,
被薜荔兮帶女籮 Clad in creeping vine and girded with ivy,
既含睇兮又宜笑 With a charming look and a becoming smile.
子慕予兮善窈窕 "Do you admire me for my lovely form?"

乘赤豹兮從文貍 She rides a red leopard - striped lynxes follwing behind -
辛夷車兮結桂旗 Her chariot of magnolia arrayed with banners of cassia,
被石蘭兮帶杜衡 Her cloak made of orchids and her girdle of azalea,
折芳馨兮遺所思 Calling sweet flowers for those dear in her heart.

余處幽篁兮終不見天 "I live in a bamboo grove, the sky unseen;
路險難兮獨后來 The road hither is steep and dangerous; I arrive alone and late.
表獨立兮山之上 Alone I stand on the mountain top
云容容兮而在下 While the clouds gather beneath me.

杳冥冥兮羌晝晦 "All gloomy and dark is the day;
東風飄兮神靈雨 The east wind drifts and god sends down rain.
留靈修兮憺忘歸 Waiting for the divine one, I forget to go home.
歲既晏兮孰華予 The year is late. Who will now bedeck me?

采三秀兮于山間 "I pluck the larkspur on the mountain side,
石磊磊兮葛蔓蔓 The rocks are craggy; and the vines tangled.
怨公子兮悵忘歸 Complaining of the young lord, sadly I forget to go home.

君思我兮不得閑 You, my lord, are thinking of me; but you have no time,"

山中人兮芳杜若 The man in the mountain, fragrant with sweet herb,
飲石泉兮蔭松柏 Drinks from the rocky spring, shaded by pines and firs.
君思我兮然疑作 "You, my lord, are thinking of me, but then you hesitate."

雷填填兮雨冥冥 The thunder rumbles and the rain darkens;
猿啾啾兮狖夜鳴 The gibbons mourn, howling all the night;
風颯颯兮木蕭蕭 The wind whistles and the trees are bare.
思公子兮徒離憂 "I am thing of the young lord; I sorrow in vain."