元稹： 遣悲怀（之一）/ Yuan Zhen： AN ELEGY I

元稹: 遣悲怀（之一）/ yuan zhen: an elegy i
遣悲怀（之一）
元稹
谢公最小偏怜女， 自嫁黔娄百事乖。
顾我无衣搜荩箧， 泥他沽酒拔金钗。
野蔬充膳甘长藿， 落叶添薪仰古槐。
今日俸钱过十万， 与君营奠复营斋。
an elegy i
yuan zhen
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.