经典古诗词英文翻译86《观书有感》——朱熹

经典古诗词英文翻译86《观书有感》中文版

朱熹

半亩方塘一鉴开，

天光云影共徘徊。

问渠哪得清如许，

为有源头活水来。 

经典古诗词英文翻译86《Thoughts from Reading》英文版

Zhu Xi

A square pond, half a mu, like a mirror,

Sky-light and cloud-shade coupled to wander.

What makes the pond so limpid, you wonder?

Because it is sourced by flowing water.