白居易诗选/Kept waiting in the Boat at Chiu-k’ou Ten Days by an adverse Wind

洪濤白浪塞江津，處處邅迴事事迍。

世上方爲失途客，江頭又作阻風人。

Arthur Waley

White billows and huge waves block the river crossing; Wherever I go, danger and difficulty; whatever I do, failure. Just as in my worldly career I wander and lose the road, So when I come to the river crossing, I am stopped by contrary winds.

魚鰕遇雨腥盈鼻，蚊蚋和煙癢滿身。

老大光陰能幾日，等閑臼口坐經旬。

Arthur Waley

Of fishes and prawns sodden in the rain the smell fills my nostrils; With the stings of insects that come with the fog, my whole body is sore. I am growing old, time flies, and my short span runs out. While I sit in a boat at Chiu-k’ou, wasting ten days!