《黄鹤楼》 唐·崔颢
昔人已乘黄鹤去，此地空余黄鹤楼。
黄鹤一去不复返，白云千载空悠悠。
晴川历历汉阳树，芳草萋萋鹦鹉洲。
日暮乡关何处是，烟波江上使人愁。

English Translation：作者佚名
CUI Hao – The Tower of Yellow Crane

Once upon a time an immortal flew away on the back of a yellow crane,
--- 按豌博标准，此行乃典型的添油加醋型，比俺严重啊。哈哈

What remains of the tale here is a tower bearing its name.
--- 嗯，这句好。因为避免了“黄鹤楼”这叁字的重复。of the tale 也属于醋。

The heavenly creature once gone has never returned,
--- heavenly creature 有生造之嫌

For thousands of years white clouds have in the skies drifted in vain.
--- in the skies 也比较“麻烦”

Before me runs the clear river water, vivid in the distance are trees of Hanyang,
--- Before me runs the clear river water 来译“晴川历历”，若细究则“晴”未译出。汉阳树直接用 trees of Hanyang，但全句没紧扣原文，“晴川”和“汉阳树”的关系，一个是地点，一个是树，即河边长树也。下句的“芳草萋萋鹦鹉洲”亦然，洲中长草也。否则如何对仗？

And the so-called Parrot Isle is a lush, verdant place.
--- 俺居然不认识这个lush，哈哈。这句很精练。

I look towards the direction of my hometown as twilight starts to fade,
--- 确，诗意也好。客居之日观景常常引起思乡之绪，小崔原作感人也在于此。

A haze begins to mist over the river engulfing me in a homesick state.
--- 介句... 肿么说涅，只能说“烟波江上使人愁”主要玩的是意境和氛围，烘托那种可意会不可言传的“愁”，全句抽象，不太好翻译。

这首诗的翻译水平应属上乘，达意流畅，但英文雅尚欠缺火候，应是以中文为母语的人翻译的。掉过来若是鬼子翻译的，则英文字面上占上风，但对原文的理解有时会错。