孤燈耿霜夕,窮山讀兵書。
平生萬裡心,執戈王前驅。
戰死士所有,恥復守妻孥。
成功亦邂逅,逆料政自疏。
陂澤號饑鴻,歲月欺貧儒。
嘆息鏡中面,安得長膚腴。
孤燈耿霜夕,窮山讀兵書。
平生萬裡心,執戈王前驅。
戰死士所有,恥復守妻孥。
成功亦邂逅,逆料政自疏。
陂澤號饑鴻,歲月欺貧儒。
嘆息鏡中面,安得長膚腴。
孤燈在寒霜之夜明亮地閃爍,
我在荒僻的山中研讀兵書。
平生懷有馳騁萬里的雄心,
渴望手持兵器為君王前驅開路。
戰死沙場本是戰士應有的歸宿,
以廝守妻兒為恥,不願苟安。
功業成就往往只是偶然際遇,
若事先強求揣度,反倒顯得迂疏。
陂澤中飢餓的鴻雁哀號陣陣,
歲月欺侮著貧寒的讀書人。
嘆息著鏡中自己日漸憔悴的面容,
如何才能長久保持豐潤的肌膚?
A lone lamp glimmers in the frosty night,
In barren hills, I pore over books of war.
All my life, a heart that yearns for frontiers far,
To bear arms and lead the vanguard for my lord.
For a soldier, death in battle is his due;
Shameful it is to cling to wife and child.
Success comes but by chance, not by design;
To presume its coming is but folly vain.
Marshes wail with starving geese, a mournful cry;
Time mocks the poor scholar, relentless in its flight.
I sigh, beholding my face in the mirror—
How can one keep the skin forever fair and full?
亂世中的個人苦讀,是對國家治理危機的積極應對。
寒夜孤燈下苦讀兵書,展現憂國報國的壯志與孤憤。
本詩為五言古詩,押平聲韻。
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