吳民嗜錢如嗜飴,天屬之愛亦可移。
養女日夜望成長,長成未必為民妻。
百金求師教歌舞,便望將身贍門戶。
一家飽暖不自憐,傍人視之方垂涎。
朱門列屋爭妍麗,百計逢迎主人意。
常時疏棄自悲啼,一旦承恩多妒忌。
古人怕為蕩子婦,夜夜孤眠淚如雨。
今人甘為貴人妾,得意失意花上月。
蕩子不歸寧空房,主人喜怒多不常。
吳民嗜錢如嗜飴,天屬之愛亦可移。
養女日夜望成長,長成未必為民妻。
百金求師教歌舞,便望將身贍門戶。
一家飽暖不自憐,傍人視之方垂涎。
朱門列屋爭妍麗,百計逢迎主人意。
常時疏棄自悲啼,一旦承恩多妒忌。
古人怕為蕩子婦,夜夜孤眠淚如雨。
今人甘為貴人妾,得意失意花上月。
蕩子不歸寧空房,主人喜怒多不常。
吳地百姓嗜好錢財如同嗜好糖飴,
連至親骨肉之愛也可以因此轉移。
養育女兒日夜盼望她長大成人,
長大之後卻未必能成為平民的妻子。
花費重金請老師教她歌舞,
便指望用她的身體來贍養家門。
一家人飽暖自顧,並不憐惜她,
旁人看了卻要垂涎三尺。
朱門大戶裡,一間間屋子爭奇鬥豔,
千方百計迎合主人的心意。
平時被疏遠拋棄,只能獨自悲啼,
一旦承受恩寵,又招來許多妒忌。
古時的女子害怕成為遊蕩不歸者的妻子,
夜夜獨眠,淚水如雨。
如今的女子甘心成為權貴的妾室,
得意或失意,都像花上的月亮陰晴圓缺。
遊子不歸,寧願守著空房,
主人的喜怒卻常常變化無常。
The people of Wu crave money as they crave sweet delight,
Even the love of kin can be shifted by this blight.
They raise a daughter, day and night, hoping she will grow,
But when grown up, she may not as a commoner's wife go.
A hundred gold they pay to have her taught in song and dance,
Hoping her body will sustain the household's circumstance.
The family, well-fed and warm, feels no pity for her plight,
While others gaze upon her with a covetous appetite.
In vermilion gates, rooms vie in beauty, fair and bright,
A hundred schemes are used to please the master's appetite.
Often neglected, she weeps in sorrow and despair,
Once favored, jealousy and envy fill the air.
The women of old feared to be a wanderer's spouse,
Weeping tears like rain each night in a lonely house.
The women of now are willing as a noble's concubine to stay,
Their joy or grief mirrors the moon on flowers, night and day.
The wanderer may not return, leaving the chamber bare,
The master's moods are fickle, shifting with no care.
描繪金錢對傳統倫理的侵蝕,涉及社會認同的變遷。
諷刺吳地百姓貪財勝過親情,世風日下。
本詩為雜言古詩,押平聲韻。
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