論詩三十首（三十）金 – 元好問

論詩三十首（三十）金 – 元好問

 

撼树蜉蝣自觉狂，书生技痒爱论量。
老来留得诗千首，却被何人校短长？

 

A Quatrain by Yuan Hao-wen (Jin Dynasty)

 

As mad as a mayfly, I tried to shake the tree  —

It seems a scholar’s itch: to judge what ought to be.   

Now old, I leave behind thousands of rhymed verses,

But whose bold brush will censure them, or praise with glee?

 

Tr. Ziyuzile

29/07/2025

(To be revised)