Linked-Poems With Senior Official Fan Chengda, Send to Him Two Four-Line Poems: No. 1
和 范 至 能 参 政 寄 二 绝 句
生 憎 雁 鹜 只 盈 前
忽 览 新 诗 意 豁 然。
锦 字 展 来 看 未 足
玉 虫 挑 尽 不 成 眠。
He Fan Zhi Neng Can Zheng Ji Er Jue Ju
(1)
Sheng zeng yan wu zhi ying qian
Hu lan xin shi yi huo ran.
Jin zi zhan lai kan wei zu
Yu chong tiao jin bu cheng mian.
Linked-Poems With Senior Official Fan Chengda, Send to Him Two Four-Line Poems: No 1
My life abhors isolated flocks of geese and ducks
Feeling neglected, your new poems arrive unexpectedly.
Your fine variety of words came in time, yet I could use more
Not sleeping, I trim the lamp over and over.
Notes:
Geese and ducks: Metaphor for the non-working palace factions.