女娲补天翻译

女娲补天

NuwaMendstheSky

[汉]刘安

ByLiuAn

往古之时，四极废，九州裂，天不兼覆，地不周栽。火煙焱而不灭，水浩洋而不息。猛兽食

颛民，鸷鸟禝老弱。

Inancienttimes,thefourcomersoftheskycollapdandtheworldwithitsnine

couldnotcoverallthethingsunderit,norcouldthe

fireragedandwouldnotdieout;alierce

beastsdevouredinnocent

people;viciousbirdspreyedontheweakandold.

于是女娲炼五色石以补苍天，断螯足以立四极.杀黑龙以济冀州，积芦灰以止淫水。

ThenNuwameliedrocksoffivecoioursandudthemtomendihecracksinthe

sky,Shesupportedthefourcomersoftheskywiththelegsshehadcutofffroma

ledtheblackdragontosavethepeopleofJizhou,andblocked

thefloodwiththeashesofreeds.

苍天补，四极正，淫水溷，冀州平；校虫死，韌民生，背方州，抱阖天。当此之时，禽兽虫

蛇，无不匿其爪牙，藏其蛰毒，无有攫噬之心。

Thustheskywasmended,itsfourcomerslifted,thefloodtamed,Jizhou

pacified,andharmfulbirdsandbeastskilled,andtheinnocentpeoplewereableto

liveonthesquareearthunderthedomeofthesky,Itwasatimewhenbirds,beasts,

inctsandsnakesnolongerudtheirclawsorteethorpoisonousstings,forthey

didnotwanttocatchoreatweakerthings.

考其功烈，上际九天，下契黄轳，名声被后世，光晖熏万物。

Nuwa'ewas

rememberedbylatergenerationsandherlightshoneoneverycreation.