湖心亭看雪

崇禎五年十二月，余住西湖。大雪三日，湖中人鳥聲俱絕。

崇祯五年十二月，余住西湖。大雪三日，湖中人鸟声俱绝。

In the twelfth month of the fifth year of Chongzhen, I was living by the West Lake. It had snowed heavily for three days, and on the lake every sound of people and birds had vanished.

是日更定矣，余拏一小舟，擁毳衣爐火，獨往湖心亭看雪。霧凇沆碭，天與雲、與山、與水，上下一白。湖上影子，惟長堤一痕，湖心亭一點，與余舟一芥，舟中人兩三粒而已。

是日更定矣，余拏一小舟，拥毳衣炉火，独往湖心亭看雪。雾凇沆砀，天与云、与山、与水，上下一白。湖上影子，惟长堤一痕，湖心亭一点，与余舟一芥，舟中人两三粒而已。

That day, after the first watch of the night had been struck, I took a small boat and, wrapped in a fur coat with a little stove of coals, went alone to the pavilion in the middle of the lake to look at the snow. The frozen mist hung everywhere, and sky and cloud and hills and water were one whiteness above and below. The only shadows on the lake were a single stroke, the long causeway; a single dot, the mid-lake pavilion; my boat, a mustard seed; and the people in it, two or three grains.

到亭上，有兩人鋪氈對坐，一童子燒酒，爐正沸。見余大喜曰：「湖中焉得更有此人！」拉余同飲，余強飲三大白而別。問其姓氏，是金陵人，客此。

到亭上，有两人铺毡对坐，一童子烧酒，炉正沸。见余大喜曰：「湖中焉得更有此人！」拉余同饮，余强饮三大白而别。问其姓氏，是金陵人，客此。

When I reached the pavilion, there were two people sitting on a spread felt rug, facing each other, while a boy warmed wine and the stove was just coming to the boil. When they saw me they were overjoyed and said: "How can there be another person like this on the lake?" They pulled me in to drink with them. I made myself drink three large cups, and then took my leave. I asked their names: they were from Jinling, staying here as guests.

及下船，舟子喃喃曰：「莫說相公癡，更有癡似相公者。」

及下船，舟子喃喃曰：「莫说相公痴，更有痴似相公者。」

When I got back down into the boat, the boatman muttered: "Don't call the master mad. There are others as mad as the master."