（漢詩英譯）魯迅小說 《藥》讀後 - 金鹹樞

魯迅小說 《藥》讀後

（下平十一尤韻） 金鹹樞

 

人汗易人血，

官家一並收。

英雄非惜死，

曲辮不抬頭！

浩浩皇恩典，

潸潸苦淚流。

藩籬羈困久，

食宿複何求？

 

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)