《人间词话》英译（七十一）

古诗云：“谁能思不歌？谁能饥不食？”诗词者，物之不得其平而鸣者也。故“欢愉之辞难工，愁苦之言易巧”。 　　<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

An ancient-style poem says:

Can anyone with thoughts of love help singing?

Can anyone with pangs of hunger keep from eating?

shih and tz’u are cries uttered in anguish over something unfulfilled. Thererfore it is difficult to become master in the expression of pleasure and joy whereas it is easy to achieve skill in expressing sadness and pain.