宋琬·《狱中八咏·芦席片》英译

愁心不可卷，假寐聊相资。

莫厌籧篨贱，犹能出范雎。

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Songs Composed in Prison

I

A Piece of Rush Matting

Sung Wan

A grieving heart can’t be rolled up like a mat;

This mat is good enough for a brief nap.

Don’t be disgusted because it is cheap,

For it could still produce a Fan Sui.¹

1. Fan Sui (fl. 3rrd century B.C.) rose to high office in the state of Ch’in after he had been beaten and thrown into a toilet when taken for dead.

（William Schultz 译）