遣悲懷其二

元稹

遣悲懷其二

謝公最小偏憐女， 自嫁黔婁百事乖。

顧我無衣搜藎篋， 泥他沽酒拔金釵。

野蔬充膳甘長藿， 落葉添薪仰古槐。

今日俸錢過十萬， 與君營奠復營齋。

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Yuan Zhen

ELEGY II

O youngest, best-loved daughter of Xie,

Who unluckily married this penniless scholar,

You patched my clothes from your own wicker basket,

And I coaxed off your hairpins of gold, to buy wine with;

For dinner we had to pick wild herbs ——

And to use dry locust-leaves for our kindling.

...Today they are paying me a hundred thousand ——

And all that I can bring to you is a temple sacrifice.