曹植七步诗英译

泥书苑

特斯拉马斯克推特上发曹植七步诗，也跟着凑热闹，把过去的一个译本晒一晒。曾投《中国诗歌网》，他们说没人审稿古诗英译（但近代作者诗英译可以，如译毛泽东的咏梅）

三国•曹植 七步诗（咏物抒情）

煮豆燃豆萁，豆在釜中泣。

本是同根生，相煎何太急

Burning beanstalks boil beans.

Beans in cauldron moaning:

Initially rooted from same，

Howcome decocting so keen?

（禄沐东译）

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附：其他各种译版

H.A. Giles 译

The Brothers

They were boiling beans on a beanstalk fire;

Came a plaintive voice from the pot,

'O why, since we sprang from the selfsame root,

Should you kill me with anger hot?'

许渊冲译：

WRITTEN WHILE TAKING SEVEN PACES

Pods burned to cook peas,

Peas weep in the pot:

“Grown from same root, please,

Why boil us so hot?”

秦大川译：

Written While Taking Seven Paces

(One of the Two Versions)

By Cao Zhi

Th' stalk is burned to cook soya stew,

In the boiling pot weeps the bean:

We're in origin from th' same root,

Why's the mutual-torture so keen?

汪榕培译：

An Off-Hand Poem

Green beans are stewed hot and slow;

Fermented beans have a different taste.

The stalks are burning hard below;

The beans are moaning in the pot sad-faced.

Out of the selfsame root both of us grow,

But why do you boil me in such a haste!

刘国善、王治江、徐树娟等编译：

Poem Composed Within

Seven Pace's Time

O beans should be boiled on a beanstalk fire!

From the pot a plaintive voice outshoots:

'Why do you burn with seething ire,

As indeed we sprang from the selfsame

其他（作者不详）

Written While Taking Seven Paces

Pods burned to cook peas,

Peas weep in the pot:

"Grown from the same trees,

Why boil us so hot?"

boil beans fire beans dustpan,

beans weep of the kettle.

Originally born from the same root,

why bitter against each other.

They were boiling beans on a beanstalk fire;

Came a plaintive voice from the pot,

"O why, since we sprang from the selfsame root,

Should you kill me with anger hot