（漢詩英譯）鲁迅小说 《药》读后 - 金咸枢

鲁迅小说 《药》读后

（下平十一尤韵） 金咸枢

 

人汗易人血，

官家一并收。

英雄非惜死，

曲辫不抬头！

浩浩皇恩典，

潸潸苦泪流。

藩篱羁困久，

食宿复何求？

 

Thoughts After Reading Lu Xun’s Novel “Medicine”

By Jin Xianshu

 

Blood barters sweat, a bargain so cheap,

A double harvest arch-lords madly reap.

Lo, no heroes fear death — in dirt they steep,

Yet ‘tis pigtails still gladly bow and creep —

The crown’s grace, so grand — what a bounteous heap,

Though bitter, the pigtails endlessly weep.

So long they have lived in confinement deep,

For nothing to crave but a spud and sleep.

 

Tr. Ziyuzile

05/09/2025

(for fun only)