范成大·《雪中闻墙外鬻鱼菜者求售之声甚苦有感》英译

饭箩驱出敢偷闲？雪胫冰须惯忍寒。
岂是不能扃户坐，忍寒犹可忍饥难！

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On Hearing a Pedlar Hawking Fish Piteously Outside the Wall in Snow

Fan Chengda

He dare not stay indoors, in dire need of food.

Ice on beard, he often has to stand in snow.

He might be sitting at home with door closed if he chose,

But gnawing hunger is far more unbearable than the cold.