石壕吏

杜甫唐代

暮投石壕村，

有吏夜捉人。

老翁逾牆走，

老婦出門看。

吏呼一何怒！

婦啼一何苦！

聽婦前致詞：

“三男鄴城戍。

一男附書至，

二男新戰死。

存者且偷生，

死者長已矣！

室中更無人，

惟有乳下孫。

有孫母未去，

出入無完裙。

老嫗力雖衰，

請從吏夜歸。

急應河陽役，

猶得備晨炊。”

夜久語聲絕，

如聞泣幽咽。

天明登前途，

獨與老翁別。

譯文

I seek for shelter at nightfall.
What is the pressgang coming for?
My old host climbs over the wall;
My old hostess answers the door.
How angry is the sergeant's shout!
How bitter is the woman's cry!
I hear what she tries to speak out.
"I'd three sons guarding the town high.
One wrote a letter telling me
That his brothers were killed in war.
He'll keep alive if he can be;
The dead have passed and are no more.
In the house there is no man left,
Except my grandson in the breast
Of his mother, of all bereft;
She can't come out, in tatters dressed.
Though I'm a woman weak and old,
I beg to go tonight with you,
That I may serve in the stronghold
And cook morning meals as my due."
With might her voices fade away;
I seem to hear still sob and sigh.
At dawn again I go my way
And only bid my host goodbye.