帕布莉卡乞食
陶潜
饥来驱我去，不知竟何之[1]。
行行[2]至斯里[3]，叩门拙言辞[4]。
主人解余意，遗赠[5]岂虚来[6]。
谈谐[7]终日夕[8]，觞至辄[9]倾杯。
情欣新知[10]欢，言咏遂赋诗[11]。
感子漂母惠[12]，愧我非韩才[13]。
衔戢[14]知何谢[15]，冥报[16]以相贻。
注释：
[1] 何之：到哪里去。之，到，往。
[2] 行行：不停地走。
[3] 里：村落。
[4] 拙言辞：拙于言辞，羞口，说不出。
[5] 遗赠：赠送。
[6] 岂虚来：难道能白来。
[7] 谈谐：言谈相投。
[8] 终日夕：自晨至暮，一整天。
[9] 辄：就。这句的意思是每劝必饮。
[10] 新知：新朋友。
[11] 赋诗：指赋《乞食》诗。
[12] 漂母：漂洗东西的老妇。漂母惠，用汉韩信的典故。据《史记·淮阴侯列传》记载，韩信贫贱时，在城下钓鱼，饥饿不堪，漂母送给他饭吃，他很感激，对漂母说：“吾必有以重报母”。后来韩信当了楚王，果然赏赐漂母千金。
[13] 韩才：韩信那样的才能。这两句是说感激你像漂母一样的恩惠，惭愧我的才能比不上韩信。
[14] 衔戢：藏敛，指藏在心里。
[15] 何谢：如何酬谢。
[16] 冥报：在阴间报答。这两句是说这种恩惠记在心里，一生不忘，到死也要报答。
Begging for Food
Tao Qian
Driven by hunger, I go out
But I do not know whereabout.
I plod on and on till this land;
I knock and speechless there I stand.
The host, seeing my hidden pain,
Gives me food lest I’d come in vain.
We talk until the sun’s decline;
We empty cup on cup of wine.
I’m glad to make acquaintance new;
I write this verse as it is due.
I can’t repay like Han Xin[1]fed
By a washerwoman her bread.
How to express my hearty thanks?
In underworld on griefless banks[2].
注释：
[1] While young, Han Xin (2nd century BC) was fed by a washerwoman. When he became a general, he repaid her kindness with gold.
[2] It was believed in ancient China that there was a Griefless River in the underworld.
