文章辩慧皆如此 笼槛何年出得身——白居易诗《红鹦鹉》英译赏析

安南远进红鹦鹉，色似桃花语似人。

文章辩慧皆如此，笼槛何年出得身？

以下英文译文来自Arthur Waley阿瑟韦利的A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems

THE RED COCKATOO

Sent as a present from Annam—

A red cockatoo.

安南远进红鹦鹉，

Coloured like the peach-tree blossom,

Speaking with the speech of men.

色似桃花语似人。

And they did to it what is always done

To the learned and eloquent.

文章辩慧皆如此，

They took a cage with stout bars

And shut it up inside.

笼槛何年出得身？