杜甫·《空囊》英译

翠柏苦犹食，明霞高可餐。

世人共鲁莽，吾道属艰难。

不爨井晨冻，无衣床夜寒。

囊空恐羞涩，留得一钱看。

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Empty Moneybag

Du Fu

Fruit of the azure oak, bitter but edible,

dawn mists, high up, but one can dine on them. ¹

Others all bumble along somehow—

why is my way such a tangle of woes?

Nothing on the stove, the well at dawn frozen,

no decent clothing, bed at night so cold;

but an empty moneybag—that shame I dread,

so I cling to this lone copper coin.

1. Azure oak acorns and the rosy mists of dawn were said to be the food of immortal spirits.