春蚕
[明]刘基
可笑春蚕独苦辛，
为谁成茧却焚身。
不如无用蜘蛛网，
网尽蜚虫[1]不畏人。
注释：
[1]蜚虫：飞虫。
The Silkworm
Liu Ji[1]
Why should the silkworm busy alone and forget
It will be boiled when its cocoon is made one day?
Why not imitate the spider spinning its net
To catch all insects, careless of what people say?
注释：
[1]The poet helped the first Ming emperor to overthrow the Yuan Dynasty and establish the Ming Dynasty. This won him an earldom, but a false charge brought about his death.
