<Header>
<Author: 白居易>
<Title: 因夢有悟>
<Format: 五言古詩>
<Year: 1981>
<BookName: Tu Fu -A New Translation>
<Translator: Wu, Juntao>
<TranslatedTitle: Enlightened through a Dream>
<BookPage: 514>
<UsedPage: 1>
<Feature: 1, 5>
<End Header>
<Poem>
交友淪歿盡
悠悠勞夢思
平生所厚者
昨夜夢見之
夢中幾許事
枕上無多時
欵曲數杯酒
從容一局碁
初見韋尚書
金紫何輝輝
中遇李侍郎
笑言甚怡怡
終為崔常侍
意色苦依依
一夕三改變
夢心不驚疑
此事人盡怪
此理誰得知
我粗知此理
聞於竺乾師
識行忘分別
智隱迷是非
若轉識為智
苦提其庶幾
<End Poem>
<Translation>
All my friends are gone.
With anxiety and sorrow I strove to reach them
Through thoughts in a dream. Last night I saw
Those closest to me throughout an entire lifetime.
All that happened in my dream
Swept by my pillow in no time at all!
We relished a few cups of wine,
Contentedly played a game of chess.
First I saw Wei of the Secretariat,
His gold and purple sash brightly shining;
Second, I met the Worthy Attendant Li
Whose laughing words convinced me of his reality;
Finally there was Perpetual Attendant Ts'ui,
Whose looks and feelings stirred me so deeply.
Three such scenes in one night, but my dreaming heart
Was not startled in the least!
Something about all this
Common people find strange
Since they fail to grasp its principle.
But I am aware of the principle
Since I have received it from the Heavenly Master.
Violating wisdom, we make false distinctions
Between true and false, right and wrong.
He who converts sensation to wisdom
Attains religious All-Knowing."
<End Translation>
<Formatted Translation>
All my friends are gone.
With anxiety and sorrow I strove to reach them through thoughts in a dream. 
Those closest to me throughout an entire lifetime
Last night I saw. 
All that happened in my dream
Swept by my pillow in no time at all!
We relished a few cups of wine,
Contentedly played a game of chess.
First I saw Wei of the Secretariat,
His gold and purple sash brightly shining;
Second, I met the Worthy Attendant Li
Whose laughing words convinced me of his reality;
Finally there was Perpetual Attendant Ts'ui,
Whose looks and feelings stirred me so deeply.
Three such scenes in one night, 
but my dreaming heart was not startled in the least!
Something about all this common people find strange
Since they fail to grasp its principle.
But I am aware of the principle
Since I have received it from the Heavenly Master.
Violating wisdom, we make false distinctions
Between true and false, right and wrong.
He who converts sensation to wisdom
Attains religious All-Knowing.”
<End Formatted Translation>