Send This Poem to Zhang Gongfu and Jiang Yaozhang
进 退 格 寄 张 功 父 姜 尧 章
尤 萧 范 陆 四 诗 翁
此 后 谁 当 第 一 功？
新 拜 南 湖 为 上 将
更 差 白 石 作 先 锋。
可 怜 公 等 俱 痴 绝
不 见 词 人 到 老 穷？
谢 遣 管 城 侬 已 晚
酒 泉 端 欲 乞 移 封。
Jin Tui Ge Ji Zhang Gong Fu Jiang Yao Zhang
You xiao fan liu si shi weng
Ci hou shei dang di yi gong?
Xin bai nan hu wei shang jiang
Geng cha bai shi zuo xian feng.
Ke lian gong deng ju chi jue
Bu jian ci ren dao lao qiong?
Xie qian guan cheng nong yi wan
Jiu quan duan yu qi yi feng.
Send This Poem to Zhang Gongfu and Jiang Yaozhang
Four old poets: You, Xiao, Fan Chengda and Lu You
Of these, who is the most skillful?
Maybe Zhang Gongfu is the best
And Jiang Yaozhang is right up there with him.
Can sympathize with their crazy zeal for poetry
Do they pay no attention to their human traits of being old and poor?
So late in my life, I am like them, we abide to our non-palace community
Only place I can accept as a new living place would be near Gansu melon wine.