行止每依人,人皆笑我拙。
独以相从久,未能便弃绝。
纵君得显荣,亦耻事谀悦。
人情苦好乖,会少常多别。
而我独与君,初不易生灭。
相亲如一体,亦不畏寒热。
但我常自暇,而君力常竭。
若以此比方,孰优还若劣。
行止每依人,人皆笑我拙。
独以相从久,未能便弃绝。
纵君得显荣,亦耻事谀悦。
人情苦好乖,会少常多别。
而我独与君,初不易生灭。
相亲如一体,亦不畏寒热。
但我常自暇,而君力常竭。
若以此比方,孰优还若劣。
一举一动都依赖他人,人人都嘲笑我笨拙。
只因为跟随你太久,不能就此将你抛弃。
纵然你能获得显赫荣耀,我也耻于奉承讨好。
人之常情苦于喜好背离,相会时少,离别时常。
而我唯独与你,从一开始就不易产生或消亡。
彼此亲近如同一体,也就不畏惧寒冷或炎热。
但我常常自己悠闲,而你的力量总是耗尽。
如果拿这个来比较,谁优谁劣呢?
My every move relies on others, all laugh at my clumsiness.
Only because I've followed you so long, I cannot cast you off.
Even if you gain glory and fame, I'd feel shame to flatter and please.
Human feelings suffer from discord, meetings are few, partings many.
Yet I alone stay with you, from the start unchanged, undying.
Close as one body, we fear neither cold nor heat.
But I am often at leisure, while your strength is ever spent.
If we compare by this measure, which is better, which is worse?
形影关系是对自我认同在社会互动中困境的隐喻。
借形影相随自嘲处世依人、笨拙的境况
本诗为五言古诗,押平声韵。
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