Jin Shengtan Poem: To My Readers before My Death – 金圣叹《临别口号遍谢弥天大人谬知我者》

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临别口号遍谢弥天大人谬知我者

[清]金圣叹

东西南北海天疏,

万里来寻圣叹书。

圣叹只留书种[1]在,

累[2]君青眼[3]看何如?

注释:

[1]书种:作者的儿子金雍。

[2]累:劳累。

[3]青眼:表示重视。最后一句是说诗人希望在他死后,他的儿子能致力于他的事业,劳累诸君,另眼看待他儿子的书作。

To My Readers before My Death

Jin Shengtan

We’re far apart as sky from earth or the four nooks;

You make light of ten thousand miles to find my books[1].

I’ve left my son who loves but reading ‘neath the sky.

Would you please look on him with favorable eye?

注释:

[1]The poet was the critical commentator of Heroes of the Marsh and Romance of the Western Bower.

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