雙語詩歌翻譯|趙翼-《論詩·其五》

此為清代學(xué)者趙翼的組詩名，這組詩為七言絕句，借議論表達了對詩歌創(chuàng)作的一些觀點。是詩人為批駁當(dāng)時社會上流行的“詩必稱古”“厚古薄今”的觀點而創(chuàng)作的。其中可以看出唐人杜甫《戲為六絕句》以及金人元好問《論詩絕句》的影響！

《論詩·其五》 趙翼

詩解窮人我未空，想因詩尚不曾工。
熊魚自笑貪心甚，既要工詩又怕窮。

On Poetry (V)
Chao Yi

The best of poetry comes from the destitute, but my pocket is not yet empty;
I gather, it’s all because I haven’t perfected my skill as a poet.
Having fish to eat or bear’s paw? 1 I admit, I’m greedy for both:
I yearn for skill in poetry, yet how I dread being poor!

1. Alluding to a famous parable in the Meng-tzu, in which Mencius points out that when two delicacies, fish and bears’ paw, are placed before a person and he can only have one of the two to eat he has to make a difficult choice.