《子规啼》是唐代韦应物的作品。韦应物，唐京兆万年人。韦待价曾孙。初以三卫郎事玄宗，后折节读书，肃宗时入太学。代宗永泰中，为洛阳丞，迁京兆府功曹。德宗建中二年，累除比部员外郎，出为滁州刺史，寻改江州刺史，追赴阙，迁左司郎中。贞元初，复出为苏州刺史，世称韦苏州。后罢居苏州永定寺，斋心屏除人事。工诗，与顾况、刘长卿等相酬唱。与王维、孟浩然、柳宗元合称“王孟韦柳”，或与陶渊明合称“陶韦”。
Ziguai Ci “is a work by Wei Yingwu of the Tang Dynasty. Wei Yingwu, born in the capital of Tang Dynasty for ten thousand years. Wei Daijia’s great grandson. At the beginning, he served as the Minister of the Three Guards to Emperor Xuanzong, and later withdrew from his studies. During the reign of Emperor Suzong, he entered the Imperial Academy. During the reign of Emperor Yongtai, he served as the magistrate of Luoyang and was appointed as the Grand Tutor of Jingzhao Prefecture. In the second year of Emperor Dezong’s Jianzhong reign, he was dismissed from his position as a member of the Bi tribe and appointed as the Governor of Chuzhou. He sought to change his position as the Governor of Jiangzhou, but later pursued him to the Que and was transferred to the position of Left Censor. At the beginning of the Zhenyuan period, he made a comeback and became the governor of Suzhou, known as Wei Suzhou. After retiring to Yongding Temple in Suzhou, he fasted and eliminated all personnel. Gongshi, sung as a tribute to Gu Kuang, Liu Changqing, and others. Together with Wang Wei, Meng Haoran, and Liu Zongyuan, they are called “Wang Mengwei Liu”, or together with Tao Yuanming, they are called “Tao Wei”.
韦应物·《子规啼》
高林滴露夏夜清，南山子规啼一声。
邻家孀妇抱儿泣，我独展转何时明。
The Call of the Cuckoo
Wei Ying-wu
Dew drips from tall trees on a clear summer night
in the hills to the south a cuckoo calls
the window next door comforts her child
I turn in bed and wait for first light
（Red Pine 译）
