詠蛙 - 毛潤之
獨坐池塘如虎踞,?
綠楊樹下養精神。?
春來我不先開口,?
哪個蟲兒敢作聲?
A Quatrain By Mao Runzhi
(The Praise of the Frog)
As if a tiger doth th’ pond occupy,
Neath green poplars for my catnap I lie.
If I don’t ever croak first when spring comes,
Which noisy bug dare utter any cry?
Tr. Ziyuzile
16/10/2015
1910年毛潤之是17歲。他第一次離家來到50多裏外的湘鄉縣東山小學求學,在那裡他寫了這首《詠蛙》,這首詩被很多人認為是他傳世的第一首詩。(文字來之網絡,特此致謝)