我无置锥君立壁,舂黍作麋甘胜蜜。
绨袍不受故人意,药饵肯为儿辈屈。
割白鹭股何足难,食卢鹚肉未为失。
暮年五斗得千里,有愧寒檐背朝日。
我无置锥君立壁,舂黍作麋甘胜蜜。
绨袍不受故人意,药饵肯为儿辈屈。
割白鹭股何足难,食卢鹚肉未为失。
暮年五斗得千里,有愧寒檐背朝日。
我贫无立锥之地,你亦家徒四壁,
春捣黍米做成粥,甘甜胜过蜂蜜。
故人馈赠的绨袍我不愿接受,
怎肯为了儿辈的药饵而屈志折腰?
割取白鹭的大腿有何困难,
食用鸬鹚的肉也算不得损失。
暮年为五斗米奔波千里,
愧对那背朝晨光的寒冷屋檐。
I have no land to plant an awl, you stand by a bare wall;
Pounding millet to make porridge, sweeter than honey, that's all.
A silk robe I won't take, though offered by an old friend;
For medicine and food, to my children I won't bend.
To cut a white egret's thigh—what hardship could that be?
To eat a cormorant's flesh—no loss, it seems to me.
In late years, for five pecks of rice, I traveled miles away;
Ashamed before the cold eaves, back turned to break of day.
在物质匮乏中展现精神认同,安于清贫是一种内在治理。
诗人以幽默自嘲的口吻,对比自己与友人的贫寒处境,表达安贫乐道、甘于清苦的生活态度。
本诗为七言古诗,押平声韵。
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