王安石·《促织》英译

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只向贫家促机杼，几家能有一絇丝？

The Weaver-Urger

Wang Anshi

In autumn golden screens and emerald curtains are pleasing to the eye;

People may indulge in them every year without giving any thought.

They know only of urging the poor to work faster at the loom,

Yet how many weavers can afford a single skein of silk thread?

文殊、王晋熙、邓炎昌 译