Banquet Seats: Four Poems: No. 1
宴 坐 庵： 四 首
油 灯 已 暗 忽 微 明
石 鼎 将 于 尚 有 声。
衲 被 蒙 头 笼 两 袖
藜 床 无 地 著 功 名。
Yan Zuo An: Si Shou
You deng yi an hu wei ming
Shi ding jiang yu shang you shen.
Na bei meng tou long liang xiu
Li chuang wu di zhu gong ming.
Banquet Seats: Four Poems: No. 1
Oil lantern light dim, then suddenly flares up
Occasionally our stove cooking vessels produce a valuable sound.
Basket in pieces, patched-up quilt, and two long sleeves for warmth
Even a life of success like mine has to sleep on a bed of broken branches and leaves.