空囊 杜甫

空囊   杜甫 (712-770)

翠柏苦猶食，明霞高可餐。

世人共鲁莽，吾道屬艱難。

不爨井晨凍，無衣床夜寒。

囊空恐羞涩，留得一錢看。

An Empty Pocket           Du Fu (712-770)

The verdant cypress is bitter yet it can fill empty bowels,

Starving the enchanting glow that hangs highly highly in the sky also seems edible,

Most people are reckless and covet a life easy and comfortable,

Sticking to my principle I’ve chosen a life antipodal and so very difficult,

I can’t cook in the morning as well water is gelid and freezing cold,

At night my thin clothes and bed sheet make sleeping simply impossible,

Ashamed of a pocket hollow,

I always keep a coin to avoid being scoffed.