（古詩英譯） 戏为六绝句 （其二）- 杜甫

戏为六绝句 （其二）- 杜甫

 

王杨卢骆当时体，轻薄为文哂未休。

尔曹身与名俱灭，不废江河万古流。

 

The Second Quatrain of the Six Satires by Du Fu

 

Wang, Yang, Lu, Luo, epitomes of their time*,

Though you guys ridicule them sans a pause.

The old minds will be flushed away like slime,

The four, like rivers, flow on in their cause.

 

Tr. Ziyuzile

23/12/2023

 

*Four renowned poets in the early Tang dynasty...