双语诗歌翻译|张养浩-《朱履曲·无题》

《朱履曲·无题》是元代著名戏曲家张养浩的作品。本曲是写于作者罢官之后，回首官场中的尔诈我虞、风波惊险，有万千感慨，而笔下的挖苦讽刺，更有着深于世故的锐利。写官场犹如陷阱，令人不寒而栗。

张养浩----《朱履曲·无题》

弄世界机关识破，
叩天门意气消磨，
人潦倒青山慢嵯峨。
前面有千古远，
后头有万年多，
量半炊时成得甚么。

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to the tune of Embroidered Red Shoes

Life experiences help me see through the worldly affair,
Aspiring to an imperial favor I am frustrated into despair,
A loser and poor man, I compare not myself to a high mountain green.
Behind there is distance of a thousand years foreseen,
Ahead there are ten thousand years to come for man,
What a mere trifle is this life's short span!