【唐】王维
红豆生南国,
春来发几枝。
愿君多采撷,
此物最相思。
王维(701-761,一说699-761),字摩诘,号摩诘居士。河东蒲州(今山西运城)人,祖籍山西祁县。唐朝诗人、画家,与孟浩然合称“王孟”,有“诗佛”之称。著有《王右丞集》《画学秘诀》,存诗约400首。WANG Wei (701-761 or 699-761), styled Vimalakirti and dubbed Vimalakirti Buddhist. He was a native of Puzhou, Hedong County (present-day Yuncheng, Shanxi Province), whose ancestral home was Qixian County, Shanxi Province. Wang, a poet and painter in the Tang dynasty, and Meng Haoran were known as “Wang-Meng Duet”. Wang was praised as “Buddha of Poetry”, about 400 poems of his extant. The poet authored A Collection of Right Assistant Wang and The Knacks of Painting.(邵瑞雪 译)

画作:李大庆
The Love Bean
By WANG Wei
Tr. ZHAO Yanchun
The red bean grows in Southern Land.
How many twigs shoot forth in spring?
Pray pick, pick more to fill your hand;
To speak for love, ’tis the best thing.

赵彦春 博士生导师,上海大学翻译研究出版主任,国际学术期刊Translating China主编,国际汉学与教育研究会会长、传统文化翻译与国际传播专业委员会会长、中国先秦史学会国学双语研究会执行会长、中国语言教育研究会副会长。
ZHAO Yanchun, Professor of English at Shanghai University, Director of Shanghai University Center for Translation and Publishing, Editor of Translating China, President of International Sinology and Education Society, President of Chinese Culture Translation and International Promotion Committee, Executive President of Chinese Classics Bilinguals’ Association, Vice President of China Language Education Association.
