To the Swallow Coming to My Boat

燕子来舟中作

[唐] 杜甫（许渊冲译）

Another spring in boat I stay; againswallows peck clods of clay.

You know me in my native land; nowgazing from afar you stand.

Ah, here and there you build your nest; nowand again I find no rest.

You greet me and then leave the mast; my tears stream down to see you past.

湖南为客动经春，

燕子衔泥两度新。

旧入故园尝识主，

如今社日远看人。

可怜处处巢居室，

何异飘飘托此身。

暂语船樯还起去，

穿花贴水益沾巾。

[词汇] clod

n. 土块；笨蛋；牛颈肉

vt.对……掷土块​

Inside is this giant dirt clod.

那里面是一个巨大的土块。