《離騷》是戰(zhàn)國時(shí)期著名詩人屈原的代表作之一,是中國古代漢族詩歌史上一首最長的政治抒情詩。詩人從自敘身世、品德、理想寫起,抒發(fā)了自己遭讒言被害的苦悶與矛盾心情,揭露了楚王昏庸、群小猖獗與朝政日非的政治現(xiàn)實(shí),表現(xiàn)了詩人堅(jiān)持“美政” 理想、不附和邪惡勢力的自愛精神及對楚王朝至死不渝的忠誠。
屈原 《楚辭·離騷》
余既滋蘭之九畹兮,又樹蕙之百畝。畦留夷與揭車兮,雜杜衡與芳芷。
冀枝葉之峻茂兮,原俟時(shí)乎吾將刈。雖萎絕其亦何傷兮,哀眾芳之蕪穢。
眾皆競進(jìn)以貪婪兮,憑不厭乎求索。羌內(nèi)恕己以量人兮,各興心而嫉妒。
忽馳騖以追逐兮,非余心之所急。老冉冉其將至兮,恐修名之不立。
朝飲木蘭之墜露兮,夕餐秋菊之落英。茍余情其信姱以練要兮,長顑頷亦何傷。
攬木根以結(jié)芷兮,貫薜荔之落蕊。矯菌桂以紉蕙兮,索胡繩之纚纚。
謇吾法夫前修兮,非世俗之所服。雖不周于今之人兮,原依彭咸之遺則。
Li Sao
Qu Yuan
Nine fields of orchids at one time I grew,
For melilot a hundred acres too,
And fifty acres for the azalea bright,
The rumex fragrant and the lichen white.
I longed to see them yielding blossoms rare,
And thought in season due the spoil to share.
I did not grieve to see them die away,
But grieved because midst weeds they did decay.
Insatiable in lust and greediness,
The faction strove, and tired not of excess;
Themselves condoning, others they’d decry,
And steep their hearts in envious jealousy.
Insatiably they seized what they desired,
It was not that to which my heart aspired.
As old age unrelenting hurried near,
Lest my fair name should fail was all my fear.
Dew from magnolia leaves I drank at dawn,
At eve for food were aster petals borne;
And loving thus the simple and the fair,
How should I for my sallow features care?
With gathered vines I strung valeria white,
And mixed with blue wistaria petals bright,
And melilotus matched with cassia sweet,
With ivy green and tendrils long to meet.
Life I adapted to the ancient way,
Leaving the manners of the present day;
Thus unconforming to the modern age,
The path I followed of a bygone sage.