垂老別

杜甫唐代

四郊未寧靜，

垂老不得安。

子孫陣亡盡，

焉用身獨完？

投杖出門去，

衕行爲辛酸。

幸有牙齒存，

所悲骨髓幹。

男兒既介冑，

長揖別上官。

老妻臥路啼，

歲暮衣裳單。

孰知是死別？

且復傷其寒。

此去必不歸，

還聞勸加餐。

土門壁甚堅，

杏園度亦難。

勢異鄴城下，

縱死時猶寬。

人生有離合，

豈擇衰老端？

憶昔少壯日，

遲迴竟長嘆。

萬國盡徵戍，

烽火被岡巒。

積屍草木腥，

流血川原丹。

何鄉爲樂土？

安敢尚盤桓？

棄絕蓬室居，

塌然摧肺肝。

譯文

In all the country there's no peace.
How can an old man live with ease?
Sons and grandsons in battle slain,
Why should my old body remain?
Casting my staff away, I go;
My companions compassion show.
Fortunately my teeth are sound,
But in my bones no marrow's found.
As soldier clad in armor now,
To officers I make a bow.
By the roadside cries my wife old,
So thinly clad in winter cold.
Who knows if we can meet again?
Seeing her shiver, I feel pain.
Once gone, I can't come back, I fear;
She still says, "Eat more!"to my ear,
I tell her the fortress is strong,
To cross the stream takes a time long,
Unlike the siege of days gone by,
It's not so soon for me to die.
To meet or part is fate in life,
Whether with a young or old wife.
Remembering when I was strong,
Can I not heave sighs deep and long!
War's raging in the countryside;
Beacon fire blazes far and wide.
Grass and trees stink with bodies dead;
With blood the streams and plains turn red.
Where can I find a happy land?
Why do I tarry here and stand?
Why not from my humble home part
And march away with broken heart!