如果说中文诗词最美的英文翻译，那么必须要提的一个人是许渊冲先生，被誉为“诗译英法唯一人”。在国内外出版中、英、法文著译六十本，包括《诗经》、《楚辞》、《李白诗选》、《西厢记》、《红与黑》、《包法利夫人》、《追忆似水年华》等中外名著。
其中我认为最美的一首是苏轼《临江仙·夜归临皋》夜饮东坡醒复醉，归来仿佛三更。家童鼻息已雷鸣。敲门都不应，倚杖听江声。长恨此身非我有，何时忘却营营。夜阑风静縠纹平。小舟从此逝，江海寄余生。
RiversideDaffodils Come Back Lin Gao at Night
SuShi
Drinking at Eastern Slope by night, I sober,then get drunk again. When Icome back,it's near midnight, I hear the thunder of my houseboy's snore; Iknock but no one answers the door. What can I do but, leaning on my cane Listen to the river's refrain?
I long regret Iam not master of my own. When can I ignore the hums of up and down? In the still night the soft winds quiver On ripples of the river. From now on I would vanish with my little boat; For the rest of my life on the sea I would float.