Yang Wanli: Play With Writing Brushes

 

Play With Writing Brushes

 

戏 笔
野 菊 荒 苔 各 铸 钱
金 黄 铜 绿 两 角 妍。
天 公 支 与 穷 诗 客
只 买 清 愁 不 买 田。
Xi Bi

Ye ju huang tai he zhu qian
Jin huang tong lu liang jiao yan.
Tian gong zhi yu qiong shi ke
Zhi mai qing chou bu mai tian.

 

Play With Writing Brushes

Open country chrysanthemums among desolate moss
Like money, they are an enchanting golden yellow and copper green.
Poems for the poor and the visitors given to and set up in heaven
This money cannot buy fields, only the purity of sorrows.