米芾诗
Poems of Mi Fu
Index
鹧鸪天
Partridge Day (2)
（漫寿）
(A surfeit of years)
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云液无声白似银 红霞一抹百花新 觞多莫厌频频劝 一片花飞减却春 蜂翅乱 蝶眉颦 花间啼鸟劝游人 人生无事须行乐 富贵何时且健身 |
White liquor, silent and silver. A little red in the face, when all his urges were new. Don't despise his many cups, his urges overwhelm him. And only this single impulse remains as years decline. Drones are swarming. Pretty girls are frowning. In his presence, the cries of birds urge us to leave. A life without substance has only self-indulgence. When have riches and honor ever made us strong? |
-- 米芾
废话
Here is another dangerous Happy Birthday poem. It isn't for Minister Ji this time. Ji's birthday was in the fall and this one is in the spring. I am, of course, showing the subtext. The first line, on the surface, is "Liquid clouds are silent and white as silver." There is an acceptable surface to the poem. But the subtext is as obvious as a corpse in a wading pool.