大官连樯十万艘,小官仅得一叶如渔舠。
其中何所有,白发翁媪并儿曹。
赤脚婢三后执爨,苍头奴二前操篙。
玄真笔床间茶灶,吏部酒杯兼蟹螯。
书缄一箱半鱼蠹,一束百轴成牛腰。
平铺藁秸荐猫犬,剩买枣栗供猨猱。
新花鬰屈作萎木,清酒荡摇成浊醪。
篷低日觉牛角折,灶近时闻羹釜轑。
高骧正难望鹢首,缓进岂敢争龙标。
全家窘拘叹蹐跼,长物屏当随周遭。
桑枢驷马各是累,人肝薇蕨俱成饕。
不须彼此更相笑,未必鬰林之石贤胡椒。
大官连樯十万艘,小官仅得一叶如渔舠。
其中何所有,白发翁媪并儿曹。
赤脚婢三后执爨,苍头奴二前操篙。
玄真笔床间茶灶,吏部酒杯兼蟹螯。
书缄一箱半鱼蠹,一束百轴成牛腰。
平铺藁秸荐猫犬,剩买枣栗供猨猱。
新花鬰屈作萎木,清酒荡摇成浊醪。
篷低日觉牛角折,灶近时闻羹釜轑。
高骧正难望鹢首,缓进岂敢争龙标。
全家窘拘叹蹐跼,长物屏当随周遭。
桑枢驷马各是累,人肝薇蕨俱成饕。
不须彼此更相笑,未必鬰林之石贤胡椒。
大官的船队,帆樯相连有十万艘,
小官只能得到一叶像渔舟般的小船。
其中有什幺呢?白发老翁老妇和孩子们,
三个赤脚婢女在后面烧火做饭,两个灰白头发的奴仆在前面撑篙。
像玄真子那样的笔床和茶灶,像吏部侍郎那样的酒杯兼配蟹螯。
一箱书信半被蠹鱼蛀蚀,成百卷轴捆起来有牛腰那幺粗。
铺开稿秸给猫狗当垫子,剩下的钱买枣栗喂猿猴。
新开的花朵蜷曲成了枯木,清酒摇晃成了浊酒。
船篷低矮,总觉得像牛角折断;靠近灶边,时常听到羹汤在锅里翻滚摩擦的声音。
想要高飞远举,却难望鹢首船的快疾;缓缓行进,岂敢与龙舟争抢锦标?
全家窘迫拘束,叹息局促不安,
多余的物品收拾起来,随着周遭环境摆放。
桑木门枢和驷马高车,各自都是负累,
吃人肝和采薇蕨,都成了饕餮之举。
不必彼此再互相讥笑,
未必郁林的那块石头就比胡椒更贤德。
High officials' fleets, a hundred thousand masts in rows,
A petty officer gets but a leaf-like fishing boat.
And what is found therein? White-haired old folk and children,
Three barefoot maids behind tend the stove, two gray-haired servants forward ply the oar.
A brush-rest, tea-stove like the recluse's, the Minister's wine cup with crab claws paired,
A chest of letters half-eaten by silverfish, a hundred scrolls bundled thick as an ox's waist.
Straw mats spread flat for cats and dogs, leftover dates and chestnuts bought to feed the apes.
Fresh flowers, twisted, become withered wood, clear wine, shaken, turns to muddy dregs.
The low awning makes one feel the ox's horn bent, near the stove, at times, the boiling pot is heard to grate.
To soar high, hard to hope for the prows' swift flight; to inch ahead, how dare compete with dragon-prowed might?
The whole family, cramped and strained, sigh in constrained space,
Superfluous things packed away, following all around.
A mulberry door-hinge or a team of four horses, each is a burden,
Human liver or bracken fern, all become gluttony.
No need for us to laugh at one another,
It's not sure if the Yulin stone is worthier than pepper.
权力博弈中个体命运的悬殊与无奈
以舟行对比讽喻官场等级与个人渺小
本诗为杂言古诗,押平声韵。
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