１、東山客：指東晉謝寧，曾隱居?xùn)|山。

２、采薇：指殷末伯夷、叔齊采薇西山。

３、遠(yuǎn)：這里指不能入金馬門。

４、寒食：節(jié)令名，清明前一天或兩天。

【韻譯】：

政治清明時(shí)代絕無(wú)隱者存在，

為朝政服務(wù)有才者紛紛出來(lái)。

連你這個(gè)象謝安的山林隱者，

也不再效法伯夷叔齊去采薇。

你應(yīng)試落弟不能待詔金馬門，

那是命運(yùn)不濟(jì)誰(shuí)說(shuō)吾道不對(duì)？

去年寒食時(shí)節(jié)你正經(jīng)過(guò)江淮，

滯留京洛又縫春衣已過(guò)一載。

我們又在長(zhǎng)安城外設(shè)酒餞別，

同心知己如今又要與我分開(kāi)。

你行將駕駛著小船南下歸去，

不幾天就可把自家柴門扣開(kāi)。

遠(yuǎn)山的樹(shù)木把你的身影遮蓋，

夕陽(yáng)余輝映得孤城艷麗多彩。

你暫不被錄用純屬偶然的事，

別以為知音稀少而徒自感慨！

【評(píng)析】：

??這是一首勸慰友人落第的詩(shī)。

??落第還鄉(xiāng)之人，心情自然懊喪。作為摯友，多方給予慰籍，使其覺(jué)得知音有人是

極為重要的。全詩(shī)著意在這個(gè)主旨上加以烘染，有敘事、有寫景、有抒情，有感慨，

有勉勵(lì)。寫景清新，抒情柔蜜，感慨由衷，勉勵(lì)摯敬，吟來(lái)令人振奮。

--引自"超純齋詩(shī)詞"bookbest.163.net 翻譯、評(píng)析：劉建勛

to qiwu qian bound home

after failing in an examination

in a happy reign there should be no hermits;

the wise and able should consult together....

so you, a man of the eastern mountains,

gave up your life of picking herbs

and came all the way to the gate of gold --

but you found your devotion unavailing.

...to spend the day of no fire on one of the southern rivers,

you have mended your spring clothes here in these northern cities.

i pour you the farewell wine as you set out from the capital --

soon i shall be left behind here by my bosomfriend.

in your sail-boat of sweet cinnamon-wood

you will float again toward your own thatch door,

led along by distant trees

to a sunset shining on a far-away town.

...what though your purpose happened to fail,

doubt not that some of us can hear high music.