李白

　　行路难之一

　　金樽清酒斗十千， 玉盘珍羞值万钱。

　　停杯投箸不能食， 拔剑四顾心茫然。

　　欲渡黄河冰塞川， 将登太行雪暗天。

　　闲来垂钓碧溪上， 忽复乘舟梦日边。

　　行路难！ 行路难！

　　多歧路， 今安在？

　　长风破浪会有时， 直挂云帆济沧海。

　　Folk-song-styled-verse

　　Li Bai

　　THE HARD ROAD

　　Pure wine costs, for the golden cup, ten thousand coppers¹ a flagon,

　　And a jade² plate of dainty food calls for a million coins.

　　I fling aside my food-sticks and cup, I cannot eat nor drink……

　　I pull out my dagger³, I peer four ways in vain.

　　I would cross the Yellow River, but ice chokes the ferry；

　　I would climb the Taihang Mountains, but the sky is blind with snow……

　　I would sit and poise⁴ a fishing-pole, lazy by a brook⁵ ——

　　But I suddenly dream of riding a boat, sailing for the sun……

　　Journeying is hard,

　　Journeying is hard.

　　There are many turnings ——

　　Which am I to follow？……

　　I will mount a long wind some day and break the heavy waves

　　And set my cloudy sail straight and bridge the deep, deep sea.