The Old Drunkard’s Arbour
By Ou-Yang Hsiu
醉翁亭记
【北宋】欧阳修
环滁皆山也。其西南诸峰，林壑优美。望之蔚然而深秀者，琅岈也。山行六七里，渐闻水声潺潺，而泄出于两峰之间者，酿泉也。峰回路转，有亭翼然，临于泉上者，醉翁亭也。作亭者谁？山之僧智仙也。名之者谁？太守自谓也。太守与客来饮于此，饮少辄醉，而年又最高，故号曰醉翁也。醉翁之意不在酒，在乎山水之间也。山水之乐，得之心而寓之酒也。
The district of Chu is entirely surrounded by hills , and the peaks to the south-west are clothed with a dense and beautiful growth of trees , over which the eye wanders in rapture away to the confines of Shantung . A walk of two or three miles on those hills brings one within earshot of the sound of falling water , which gushes forth from a ravine known as the Wine-Fountain ; while hard by in a nook at a bend of the road stands a kiosque , commonly spoken of as the Old Drunkard’s Arbour . It was built by a Buddhist priest , called Deathless Wisdom , who lived among these hills , and who received the above name from the Governor . The latter used to bring his friends hither to take wine ; and as he personally was incapacitated by a few cups , and was , moreover , well stricken in years , he gave himself the sobriquet of the Old Drunkard . But it was not wine that attracted him to this spot . It was the charming scenery , which wine enabled him to enjoy .
若夫日出而林霏开，云归而岩穴暝，晦明变化者，山间之朝暮也。野芳发而幽香，佳木秀而繁阴，风霜高洁，水落而石出者，山间之四时也。朝而往，暮而归，四时之景不同，而乐亦无穷也。
The sun’s rays peeping at dawn through the trees , by and by to be obscured behind gathering clouds , leaving naught but gloom around , give to this spot the alterations of morning and night . The wild-flowers exhaling their perfume from the darkness of some shady dell , the luxuriant foliage of the dense forest of beautiful trees , the clear frosty wind , and the naked boulders of the lessening torrent , --- these are the indications of spring , summer , autumn , and winter . Morning is the time to go thither , returning with the shades of night , and although the place presents a different aspect with the changes of the seasons of the seasons , its charms are subject to no interruption , but continue always .
至于负者歌于途，行者休于林，前者呼，后者应，伛偻提携 ，往来不绝者，滁人游也。临溪而渔，溪深而鱼肥；酿泉为酒，泉香而酒洌；山肴野蔌，杂然而前陈者，太守宴也。宴酣之乐，非丝非竹。射中者，弈者胜，觥筹交错，起座而喧哗者，众宾欢也。苍颜白发，颓然乎其间者，太守醉也。
Burden-carriers sing their way along the road , travelers rest a while under the trees , shouts from one , responses from another , old people hobbling along , children in arms , children dragged along by hand , backwards and forwards all day long without a break , --- these are the people of Chu . A cast in the stream and a fine fish taken from some spot where the eddying pools begin to deepen ; a draught of cool wine from the fountain , and a few such dishes of meats and fruits as the hills are able to provide , --- these , nicely spread out beforehand , consititute the Governor’s feast . And in the revelry of the banquet –- hour there is no thought of toil or trouble . Every archer hits his mark , and every player wins his partie ; goblets flash from hand to hand , and a buzz of conversation is heard as the guests move unconstrainedly about . Among them is an old man with white hair , bald at the top of his head .
已而夕阳在山，人影散乱，太守归而宾客从也。树林阴翳，鸣声上下，游人去而禽鸟乐也。然而禽鸟知山林之乐，而不知人之乐；人知从太守游而乐，而不知太守之乐其乐也。醉能同其乐，醒能述以文者，太守也。太守谓谁？庐陵欧阳修也。
This is the drunken Governor , who , when the evening sun kisses the tips of the hills and the falling shadows are drawn out and blurred , bends his steps homewards in company with his friends . Then in the growing darkness are heard sounds above and sounds below ; the beasts of the fields and the birds of the air are rejoicing at the departure of man . They , too , can rejoice in hills and in trees , but they cannot rejoice as man rejoices . So also the Governor’s friends . They rejoice with him ,though they know not at what it is that he rejoices . Drunk , he can rejoice with them , sober , he can discourse with them , --- such is the Governor . And should you ask who is the Governor , I reply , “Ou-yang Hsiu of Lu—ling . ”
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