竹枝词九首（其七）- 劉禹錫
瞿塘嘈嘈十二滩，此中道路古来难。
长恨人心不如水，等闲平地起波澜。
A Quatrain by Liu Yuxi
(Song of Bamboo Branch)
The Qutang Gorge boasts of twelve rapids that loud roar,
Which hath been the most perilous since days of yore.
I sigh man's heart less tractable than the rapids,
Upon the calm plains it can stir billows galore.
Tr. Ziyuzile
08/04/2024
