Self Mockery Poem by Luo Zhihai

自嘲

曾經傲視浮華俗
終是難逃物欲迷
下海行商跑拱北
飄洋辦貨闖歐西
環遊識廣心胸闊
比較才知眼手低
有道生財能攬鏡
圓通值事合稀泥


Self Mockery

Once proud to see
the flashy secular
Finally hard to escape
infatuation of material desire

Went to sea
itinerant trade
run to Gongbei
Floated in the ocean
run the goods
rushed into Western Europe

Traveled round the world
had wide experience
the broad chest
By comparison
I knew
my eyes and hands were low

Have a way to make a fortune
can huh a mirror
Blur the line between right and wrong
flexible to do business

6/4/2018對聯體 ● 七律 葉葉新著，羅志海譯
Couplet Poem ● Seven Words of Eight Verses by Ye Yexin
Translation by Luo Zhihai
第6107首對聯體詩
The 6,107th Couplet Poem