The Next Day the Academician Sent a Reply, So I Matched His Rhymes in Answer and Thanked Him for the Splendid Feast as Well明日。學士見和寄之。次韻奉答。兼謝華筵。
1First Poem
洞房寬敞幾人容。歡到金燈炤絳籠。鬪錦筵華塵眼眩。舂珠歌切鐵腸融。相看盡是靑雲容。豈意兼呼白髮翁。芳酒十分湘水綠。名姝三箇魏花紅。詩非好事情形外。飮亦從宜樂在中。最後一盃眞醉我。及迴難辨路西東。
How many does this deep room, broad and cool, take in? Our gladness lasted until the golden lamps lit the red blinds The seats contending in silk were splendid, dazzling my dust-filled eyes and song like pounded pearls was so keen that even iron bowels melted Looking round, all were men risen to high office how was I to know he had called even a white-haired old man? The flowering wine was ample, green as the Xiang River (湘水) and three famed beauties were red as Weizi (魏紫) peonies Poetry is not what I love; my feeling lies outside appearances and the wine was poured in measure, so the pleasure lay within it The very last cup truly made me drunk and going home I could hardly tell east from west on the road
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二首
Two poems.
2Second Poem
早被恢恢大度容。愚狙喜怒智能籠。在門旋見迎王粲。覆刺何煩謁馬融。撫翼曾同騰顯路。乞骸還共作閑翁。吟詩愧我添髭白。有酒蒙君借面紅。昨日盤筵參分外。故人情信露這中。臨分愛聽笳喉唱。欲反斜陽更掛東。
Long since I have been taken into your broad and great forbearance which pens in with wisdom the joys and rages of a foolish monkey At the gate I saw at once that Wang Can (王粲) was being welcomed so why press my card again and again to trouble Ma Rong (馬融) for an audience? Beating our wings, we once rose together on the high road and begging to lay down office, we withdrew to become idle old men together again Chanting poems, to my shame I only add to my white beard and there being wine, thanks to you I borrowed a flush for my face Yesterday I joined the banquet beyond my station and the feeling and trust of an old friend showed themselves within it At parting I gladly heard songs like the sound of reed leaves and would turn back the sinking sun to hang it in the east again
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連携酒來訪。
He then came to visit, bringing wine.