清明时节译清明

《清明》

杜牧

清明时节雨纷纷，

路上行人欲断魂。

借问酒家何处有？

牧童遥指杏花村。

▌许渊冲版

A drizzling rain falls like tears on the Mourning Day;

The mourner's heart is going to break on his way.

Where can a wineshop be found to drown his sad hours?

A cowherd points to a cot 'mid apricot flowers.

▌吴钧陶版

It drizzles thick and fast on the Pure Brightness Day,

I travel with my heart lost in dismay.

"Is there a public house somewhere, cowboy?"

He points at Apricot Village faraway.

▌孙大雨版

Upon the Clear-and-Bright Feast of spring, the rain drizzleth down in spray.

Pedestrians on countryside ways, in gloom are pinning away.

When asked "Where a tavern fair for rest, is hereabouts to be found", 

The shepherd boy the Apricot Bloom Vill, doth point to afar and say.

▌杨宪益、戴乃迭版

It drizzles endless during the rainy season in spring,

Travelers along the road look gloomy and miserable.

When I ask a shepherd boy where I can find a tavern,

He points at a distant hamlet nestling amidst apricot blossoms.

清明节现在官方一般翻译为Tomb-Sweeping Day或者Qingming Festival，放在诗歌中或许欠缺了一些诗意。

上面几个版本分别将清明节翻译为Mourning Day，Pure Brightness Day和Clear-and-Bright Feast，杨宪益、戴乃迭版本直接翻译成the rainy season in spring，春天的雨季。