Bai Juyi: For What Are We Fighting For On The Horns Of A Snail? 白居易 蝸牛角上爭何事 石火光中寄此身 Poem by Frank Yue

Bai Juyi: For What Are We Fighting For On The Horns Of A Snail? 白居易 蝸牛角上爭何事 石火光中寄此身

For what are we fighting for on the horns of a snail?
Quick as the spark from a struck flint our transient life fails.
Enjoy yourself - whether you're filthy rich or extremely poor,
If you don't open your mouth to laugh you're a fool pure!


(2020.11.22)

〈對酒〉唐 白居易


蝸牛角上爭何事， 石火光中寄此身；

隨富隨貧且歡樂， 不開口笑是癡人。

Frank Yue
Monday, November 23, 2020
Topic(s) of this poem: joy,life
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