Praise the Poor 4 - Qian Lou 黔娄

咏贫士

四

安贫守贱者，自古有黔娄qián lóu。

好爵吾不荣，厚馈吾不酬。

一旦寿命尽，弊服仍不周。

岂不知其极，非道故无忧。

从来将千载，未复见斯俦Chóu。

朝与仁义生，夕死复何求。

' ' '历史上安贫守贱的，有黔娄夫妇。

高官厚禄我不稀罕，也不觉得荣耀。

一旦死了，

穷的连遮身的那条破布，都盖不全。

难道不知道会这么极端穷困吗？

不关乎道何须担忧呢！

后来上千年，再没有见过象这样的人。

早上理解了道义，晚上就死也无所遗憾。

' ' 'Among the gentlemen happy with poor and low life in history,

there were Qian Lou couple.

They were not hungry for high official position and thick compensation,

and they did not think that as glory.

When died, so poor, the sheet couldn't cover both his head and feet.

Why didn't they know of extremely poverty?

If it is not about Track, why should they worry?

up to 1000 years passed since, nobody like them was seen again.

If understand Track/virtue in the morning,

even die in the night has no regret for them, for me.