白头老人照镜时,掩镜沈吟吟旧诗。
二十年前一茎白,如今变作满头丝。
吟罢回头索杯酒,醉来屈指数亲知。
老于我者多穷贱,设使身存寒且饥。
少于我者半为土,墓树已抽三五枝。
我今幸得见头白,禄俸不薄官不卑。
眼前有酒心无苦,只合欢娱不合悲。
白头老人照镜时,掩镜沈吟吟旧诗。
二十年前一茎白,如今变作满头丝。
吟罢回头索杯酒,醉来屈指数亲知。
老于我者多穷贱,设使身存寒且饥。
少于我者半为土,墓树已抽三五枝。
我今幸得见头白,禄俸不薄官不卑。
眼前有酒心无苦,只合欢娱不合悲。
白发老人对镜自照时,
掩住镜子沉吟着吟诵旧诗。
二十年前只是一茎白发,
如今已变成满头银丝。
吟罢诗回头索要杯酒,
醉来时屈指数着亲朋知己。
比我年长的多穷困卑贱,
假使还活着也是饥寒交迫。
比我年轻的半数已化为尘土,
墓旁的树已抽出三五新枝。
我如今幸而能见到自己白头,
俸禄不薄官职不低。
眼前有酒心中便无苦楚,
只应欢娱不应悲伤。
When the white-haired old man looks in the mirror,
He covers it, ponders, and chants old poems.
Twenty years ago, a single stem turned white,
Now it has become a full head of silvery threads.
After chanting, he turns to ask for a cup of wine,
Drunk, he counts his dear friends on bent fingers.
Those older than me are mostly poor and lowly,
Even if alive, they suffer cold and hunger.
Those younger than me are half turned to earth,
Their grave trees have already sprouted three or five branches.
Now I'm fortunate to see my own head white,
My salary not thin, my rank not low.
With wine before my eyes, my heart knows no bitterness,
I should only be joyful, not sorrowful.
白居易晚年对镜自省,感慨生死。
诗人通过对比完成了对个人命运与时代周期的清醒认同。
诗人对镜自照,感叹年华老去,通过对比故人境遇,表达知足常乐的人生态度。
白头 · 旧诗 · 亲知 · 欢娱 · 寒饥
本诗为七言古诗,押平声韵。
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