唐詩三百首英譯 元稹：遣悲懷之一

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元稹

遣悲懷之一

謝公最小偏憐女， 自嫁黔婁百事乖。

顧我無衣搜藎篋， 泥他沽酒拔金釵。

野蔬充膳甘長藿， 落葉添薪仰古槐。

今日俸錢過十萬， 與君營奠複營齋。

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Yuan Zhen

AN ELEGY I

O youngest， best-loved daughter of Xie，

Who unluckily married this penniless scholar，

You patched my clothes from your own wicker basket，

And I coaxed off your hairpins of gold， to buy wine with；

For dinner we had to pick wild herbs ——

And to use dry locust-leaves for our kindling.

……Today they are paying me a hundred thousand ——

And all that I can bring to you is a temple sacrifice.