家世由來出楚狂,湖山垂老得彷徉。
讀書坐懶常中廢,得句因衰己旋忘。
萬化隨緣寓蟲臂,百年何處異羊腸。
忍饑到死知無恨,免使人嘲作飯囊。
家世由來出楚狂,湖山垂老得彷徉。
讀書坐懶常中廢,得句因衰己旋忘。
萬化隨緣寓蟲臂,百年何處異羊腸。
忍饑到死知無恨,免使人嘲作飯囊。
我的家世原本出自楚國的狂人,
到老來得以在湖山間自在徜徉。
讀書因疏懶而常常中途廢棄,
偶得詩句,卻因衰老隨即遺忘。
萬物隨緣,寄託於如蟲臂般微渺的形骸,
百年人生,何處不像羊腸小道般曲折?
忍飢挨餓直到死去,我知道並無遺憾,
免得被人嘲笑只是個飯袋。
My lineage stems from that madman of Chu of yore,
In lakes and hills, in my old age, I wander free.
Reading, I often slack and leave my books mid-course;
A verse conceived, decayed, I soon forget it wholly.
All changes follow fate, as transient as an insect's limb,
A hundred years—where is the path not twisted like sheep's gut?
To bear hunger till death, I know, holds no regret,
Lest I be mocked by men as but a sack for food.
狂者傳統與晚年彷徉體現身份認同的張力。
自述家世狂放傳統,晚年徜徉湖山的複雜心境。
本詩為七言律詩,押平聲韻。
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