鸡鸣问路行,挟马渡溱洧。
老树势突兀,指点疑山觜。
茅茨渐分明,牛马犹昏翳。
霜落路四平,星沉天若水。
小民幸安乐,朝廷多贤士。
食禄乃强颜,流连为妻子。
吾闻嵇阮辈,放荡形骸弛。
而我小县中,区区又何理。
鸡鸣问路行,挟马渡溱洧。
老树势突兀,指点疑山觜。
茅茨渐分明,牛马犹昏翳。
霜落路四平,星沉天若水。
小民幸安乐,朝廷多贤士。
食禄乃强颜,流连为妻子。
吾闻嵇阮辈,放荡形骸弛。
而我小县中,区区又何理。
鸡鸣时分,我启程问路前行,
牵着马匹,渡过了溱水与洧水。
老树的姿态突兀而奇特,
在指点中,让人疑心是山的尖嘴。
茅草屋顶渐渐变得分明可辨,
牛和马的影子却还笼罩在昏暗中。
寒霜落下,道路向四方平展,
星辰沉落,天空澄澈如水。
小民们有幸过着安乐的生活,
朝廷之中多有贤能之士。
领取俸禄不过是强作欢颜,
流连官场只是为了妻子儿女。
我听说嵇康、阮籍那样的人物,
放浪形骸,不拘礼法。
而在我这小小的县邑之中,
区区的政务,又有什幺道理可言呢?
At cockcrow I set out to ask the way,
Guiding my horse across the streams Zhen and Wei.
Old trees loom stark and strange in the dim light,
Pointing like mountain peaks into the night.
Thatched roofs emerge, the view begins to clear,
While cattle, horses, still in haze appear.
Frost blankets the level road on every side,
Stars sink, the sky like water deep and wide.
The common folk are blessed with peace and cheer,
The court is filled with worthy men of good cheer.
To hold official pay is but a forced face,
Lingering for the sake of wife and child's grace.
I've heard of Ji Kang and Ruan Ji, that free band,
Who let their forms and spirits roam the land.
But here within my small county's narrow bound,
What petty rule or reason can be found?
早行赶路是古人在交通治理局限下的生存博弈。
鸡鸣时分启程赶路,描绘羁旅行役的艰辛。
本诗为五言古诗,押平声韵。
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