年長始一男,心亦頗自娛。
生來歲未周,奄然卻歸無。
裸送不以衣,瘞埋於中衢。
乳母抱出門,所生亦隨呼。
嬰孩無哭儀,禮經不可踰。
親戚相問時,抑悲空歎吁。
襁褓在舊床,每見立踟躕。
靜思益傷情,畏老為獨夫。
年長始一男,心亦頗自娛。
生來歲未周,奄然卻歸無。
裸送不以衣,瘞埋於中衢。
乳母抱出門,所生亦隨呼。
嬰孩無哭儀,禮經不可踰。
親戚相問時,抑悲空歎吁。
襁褓在舊床,每見立踟躕。
靜思益傷情,畏老為獨夫。
年歲已長才得第一個男孩
心中也頗感自我歡愉
生下來還不到一週年
忽然間卻迴歸虛無
裸身送葬不穿衣服
埋葬在城中的大路
乳母抱著他出門
生母也跟隨哭呼
嬰孩沒有哭喪的禮儀
禮制經典不可逾越
親戚前來詢問時
壓抑悲痛空自嘆息
襁褓還在舊床之上
每次看見都駐足徘徊
靜心思考更添傷感
害怕年老成為獨夫
In later years, a first son born
My heart with private joy was worn.
Not yet a year since his life's start
Suddenly he did depart.
Sent off naked, without a gown
Buried beneath the central town.
His wet nurse carried him outside
His mother followed, weeping, cried.
An infant lacks a mourner's rite
Classics say it's not done right.
When relatives came to inquire
Held back grief, sighed in vain, entire.
His swaddling clothes upon the old bed
Each sight makes me pause, filled with dread.
Quiet thought deepens the wound's sting
Fear aging, a lone man, no offspring.
於鵠悼念早夭幼子的親身經歷。
喪子之痛擊穿了血緣認同的根基,迫使詩人直面生命傳承的斷裂。
詩人哀悼早夭的幼子,描述喪葬之痛與暮年失獨的悲涼。
嬰孩 · 乳母 · 瘞埋
本詩為五言古詩,押平聲韻。
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