[薇蕨餓首陽]

by Du Fu

 薇蕨餓首陽

粟馬資歷聘

 

百年歌自苦

未見有知音

[herbs and roots hungry on Mount Shouyang]

by Du Fu

herbs and roots     hungry on Mount Shouyang

or millet and horses     offered for good service

 

 

my entire life     I’ve sung these songs of grief

nowhere though     has anyone understood them

translated from Chinese by George Life
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