（古詩英譯） 戲為六絕句 （其二）- 杜甫

戲為六絕句 （其二）- 杜甫

 

王楊盧駱當時體，輕薄為文哂未休。

爾曹身與名俱滅，不廢江河萬古流。

 

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...