無家別

杜甫唐代

寂寞天寶後，

園廬但蒿藜。

我裏百餘家，

世亂各東西。

存者無消息，

死者爲塵泥。

賤子因陣敗，

歸來尋舊蹊。

久行見空巷，

日瘦氣慘悽。

但對狐與狸，

豎毛怒我啼。

四鄰何所有，

一二老寡妻。

宿鳥戀本枝，

安辭且窮棲。

方春獨荷鋤，

日暮還灌畦。

縣吏知我至，

召令習鼓鞞。

雖從本州役，

內顧無所攜。

近行止一身，

遠去終轉迷。

家鄉既蕩盡，

遠近理亦齊。

永痛長病母，

五年委溝谿。

生我不得力，

終身兩酸嘶。

人生無家別，

何以爲烝黎！

譯文

Since the rebellion I feel lone,
My house with weeds is overgrown.
A hundred homes can find no rest;
People are scattered east and west.
None knows where the living have fled,
While to dust have returned the dead.
My humble self after the defeat
Come back to find my old retreat.
I walk long on deserted lanes.
The sun grows lean where drear air reigns.
In face of bristling fox or cat,
I am afraid to be growled at.
How many neighbors left, all told?
Only one or two widows old.
A bird will not leave its own nest,
My house, though poor, will give me rest.
To hoe up weeds, in spring's my lot,
At dusk I water garden plot,
The magistrate knowing I've come
Orders me to learn to beat drum.
For service in my native land,
I need not carry things in hand.
Alone, I care not where to stay,
Be it near by or far away.
The land's in ruins and debris,
The distance means nothing to me.
Sick for five years, my mother died
Unburied, with none by her side.
She gave birth to me, is it wrong?
How to repay her all life long?
I have no home to say goodbye.
What can poor people do but sigh!