许渊冲译文:
CATARACT ON MOUNT LU
Li Bai
The sunlit Censer peak exhales a wreath of cloud;
Like an upended stream the cataract sounds loud.
Its torrent dashes down three thousand feet from high;
As if the Silver River fell from azure sky.
王守义与约翰·诺弗尔译文:
Watching The Lu Mountain Falls
Li Bai
purple smoke rises from the mountaintop
the peak looks like an incense burner in the sunlight
far away I see the valley stretching before me
the whole waterfall hangs there
the torrent dropping three thousand feet
straight down to the valley floor
I think it must be the milky way
spilling to the earth from the heavens