岳陽樓記英文翻譯

　　《岳陽樓記》超越了單純寫山水樓觀的狹境，將自然界的晦明變化、風雨陰晴和“遷客騷人”的`“覽物之情”結合起來寫，從而將全文的重心放到了縱議政治理想方面，擴大了文章的境界。

　　范仲淹 《岳陽樓記》中文版

　　慶歷四年春，滕子京謫守巴陵郡。越明年，政通人和，百廢俱興。乃重修岳陽樓，增其舊制，刻唐賢、今人詩賦于其上，屬予作文以記之。

　　予觀夫巴陵勝狀，在洞庭一湖。銜遠山，吞長江，浩浩湯湯，橫無際涯;朝暉夕陰，氣象萬千;此則岳陽樓之大觀也。前人之述備矣。然則北通巫峽，南極瀟湘，遷客騷人，多會于此;覽物之情，得無異乎?

　　若夫霪雨霏霏，連月不開;陰風怒號，濁浪排空;日星隱耀，山岳潛形;商旅不行，檣傾楫摧;薄暮冥冥，虎嘯猿啼;登斯樓也，則有去國懷鄉，憂讒畏譏，滿目蕭然，感極而悲者矣。

　　至若春和景明，波瀾不驚，上下天光，一碧萬頃，沙鷗翔集，錦鱗游泳，岸芷汀蘭，郁郁青青。而或長煙一空，皓月千里，浮光躍金，靜影沉璧，漁歌互答，此樂何極!登斯樓也，則有心曠神怡，寵辱皆忘，把酒臨風，其喜洋洋者矣。

　　嗟夫!予嘗求古仁人之心，或異二者之為。何哉?不以物喜，不以己悲。居廟堂之高，則憂其民;處江湖之遠，則憂其君。是進亦憂，退亦憂;然則何時而樂耶?其必曰：“先天下之憂而憂，后天下之樂而樂”歟!噫!微斯人，吾誰與歸!

　　時六年九月十五日。

　　范仲淹 《岳陽樓記》英文版

　　Yueyang Pavilion

　　In the spring ofthe fourth year of the reign of Qingli, Teng Zijing was banished fromthecapital to be governor of Baling Prefecture. After he had governed the districtfor a year, theadministration became efficient, the people became united, andall things that had fallen intodisrepair were given a new lease on life. Thenhe restored Yueyang Pavilion, adding newsplendor to the original structure andhaving inscribed on it poems by famous men of theTang Dynasty as well as thepresent time.

　　And he asked me to write an essay to commemoratethis. Now I havefound that the finest sights of Baling are concentrated in the region ofLakeDongting. Dongting, nibbling at the distant hills and gulping down the YangtzeRiver, strikesall beholders as vast and infinite, presenting a scene ofboundless variety; and this is thesuperb view from Yueyang Pavilion. All thishas been described in full by writers of earlier ages.However, since the lakeis linked with Wu Gorge in the north and extends to the Xiao and Xiangriversin the south, many exiles and wandering poets gather here and their reactionsto thesesights vary greatly. During a period of incessant rain, when a spellof bad weather continues formore than a month, when louring winds bellowangrily, tumultuous waves hurl themselvesagainst the sky, sun and stars hidetheir light, hills and mountains disappear, merchants have tohalt in thetravels, masts collapse and oars splinter, the day darkens and the roars oftigersand howls of monkeys are heard, if men come to this pavilion with alonging for home in theirhearts or nursing a feeling of bitterness because oftaunts and slander, they may find the sightdepressing and fall prey toagitation or despair.

　　But during mild and bright spring weather,then the wavesare unruffled and the azure translucence above and below stretches beforeyoureyes for myriads of li, when the water-birds fly down to congregate on thesands and fishwith scales like glimmering silk disport themselves in thewater, when the iris and orchids on thebanks grow luxuriant and green; or whendusk falls over this vast expanse and bright mooncasts its light a thousandli, when the rolling waves glitter like gold and silent shadows in thewaterglimmer like jade, and the fishermen sing to each other for sheer joy, then mencoming upto this pavilion may feel complete freedom of heart and ease of spirit,forgetting every worldlygain or setback, to hold their winecups in the breezein absolute elation, delighted with life. Butagain when I consider the men ofold who possessed true humanity, they seem to haveresponded quite differently.The reason, perhaps, may be this: natural beauty was not enoughto make themhappy, nor their own situation enough to make them sad. When such men arehighin the government or at court, their first concern is for the people; when theyretire todistant streams and lakes, their first concern is for theirsovereign. Thus they worry both whenin office and when in retirement. When,then, can they enjoy themselves in life? No doubt theyare concerned beforeanyone else and enjoy themselves only after everyone else findsenjoyment.Surely these are the men in whose footsteps I should follow!