季冬兩十雞鳴初,僚吏府造如雲趨。
綉軸捧星香擁爐,共慶此日生真儒。
玉堂金印守此都,今日為城鎮匈奴。
坐安天下猶覆盂,祝公之壽宜何如。
欲祝公如九臯鶴,鶴頸雖長畏繒繳。
欲祝公如千歲龜,清江作使身亦危。
又祝公如松與柏,樵斧焉知歲寒色。
剛莫剛兮赤山鐵,鐵作幹將有時缺。
堅莫堅兮泰山石,溜滴波穿有時泐。
不若祝公如太虛,包含千古無時無。
任馳玉兔飛金烏,暑往寒來速又徐。
髪常如漆齒常固,太虛不老君與俱。
季冬兩十雞鳴初,僚吏府造如雲趨。
綉軸捧星香擁爐,共慶此日生真儒。
玉堂金印守此都,今日為城鎮匈奴。
坐安天下猶覆盂,祝公之壽宜何如。
欲祝公如九臯鶴,鶴頸雖長畏繒繳。
欲祝公如千歲龜,清江作使身亦危。
又祝公如松與柏,樵斧焉知歲寒色。
剛莫剛兮赤山鐵,鐵作幹將有時缺。
堅莫堅兮泰山石,溜滴波穿有時泐。
不若祝公如太虛,包含千古無時無。
任馳玉兔飛金烏,暑往寒來速又徐。
髪常如漆齒常固,太虛不老君與俱。
季冬十二月二十日雞鳴之初,
同僚官吏聚集府中,如雲般奔赴。
捧著繡軸、擁著香爐,如同捧著星辰,
共同慶賀今日這位真儒的誕辰。
身居玉堂,手持金印,鎮守此都,
今日為城池鎮守,抵禦匈奴。
坐鎮天下,安穩如覆置的盂盆,
祝賀您的壽辰,該用什麼言辭相稱?
想祝您如深澤的仙鶴長壽,
但鶴頸雖長,也懼怕獵人的箭繳。
想祝您如千年的神龜長存,
但清江為使,其身也面臨危困。
又想祝您如松柏長青,
但樵夫的斧頭怎知歲寒時的堅貞色澤。
剛強莫過於赤山的鐵石,
但鐵鑄的干將寶劍也有缺損之時。
堅固莫過於泰山的岩石,
但水滴波穿,有時也會崩裂。
不如祝您如太虛一般,
包羅千古,無始無終,沒有時限。
任憑玉兔奔馳,金烏飛旋,
暑往寒來,忽快忽慢。
頭髮常黑如漆,牙齒常堅固,
太虛不老,與您永伴。
In midwinter, the twentieth, at cockcrow's start,
Officials gather like clouds, playing their part.
With broidered scrolls and incense, stars they hold,
Celebrating this day a true Confucian's birth, bold.
In jade hall, with gold seal, guarding this town,
Today you secure the border, keeping Huns down.
Sitting secure, the world's like an overturned bowl—
How shall we wish you longevity, as our goal?
We'd wish you like a crane in marsh, aged and tall,
Yet its long neck fears the hunter's net and call.
We'd wish you like a thousand-year turtle's might,
But serving the clear river also brings perilous plight.
We'd wish you like the pine and cypress, evergreen,
But woodmen's axes know not their cold-year sheen.
Nothing's harder than Red Mountain's iron ore,
Yet even Ganjiang's sword may break, evermore.
Nothing's firmer than Mount Tai's solid stone,
Yet drips and waves can wear it, over time known.
Better to wish you like the Great Void, vast and free,
Embracing all ages, timeless, for eternity.
Let the Jade Rabbit run, the Golden Crow fly,
Heat goes, cold comes, swift or slow passing by.
May your hair stay dark, your teeth firm and sound,
The Great Void never ages, with you it's bound.
府造雲趨的景象,體現了權力中心的向心力與治理秩序。
描繪壽誕之日,僚屬紛紛前來慶賀的盛大場面。
本詩為雜言古詩,押平聲韻。
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