《记承天寺夜游》是北宋著名文学家苏轼创作的一篇散文,选自《东坡志林》卷一,写于宋神宗元丰六年(1083年),当时,作者正因“乌台诗案”被贬谪到黄州任职。
原文
元丰六年十月十二日夜,解衣欲睡,月色入户,欣然起行。念无与为乐者,遂至承天寺寻张怀民。怀民亦未寝,相与步于中庭。庭下如积水空明,水中藻、荇(xìng)交横(héng),盖竹柏影也。何夜无月?何处无竹柏?但少闲人如吾两人者耳。
译文
元丰六年十月十二日夜晚(或公元1083年十月十二日夜,可不译),(我)脱下衣服准备睡觉时,恰好看见月光透过窗户洒入屋内,(于是我)高兴地起床出门散步。想到没有(可以与我)共同游乐的人,于是(我)前往承天寺寻找张怀民。张怀民也没有睡,我们便一同在庭院中散步。庭院中充满着月光,像积水充满院落,清澈透明,水中的水藻、荇菜交横错杂,原来是竹子和柏树的影子啊。哪一个夜晚没有月光?(又有)哪个地方没有松柏树呢?只是缺少像我们两个这样(不汲汲于名利而又能从容流连光景)清闲的人罢了。
英文翻译(仅供参考)
Yuanfeng six years on October 12 .evening, Untie clothes to sleep, moonlight from the window-in, I have the pleasure to walk together. With no thought to their own pleasure of the people, so to Chengtianshi to find Zhangfumin. Zhangfumin no sleep, we walk in the yard.
Moonlight as in the yard, Xiangshuiyiyang Vacant clarity, the shadow of bamboo and cypress like algae, as Limnanthemui nymphoides staggered in the water aspect. Which does not moonlight night, and where no Cuibai bamboo, but the lack of having this lull as people ah!