[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 Fuherbs 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