《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”。
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)