雙語詩歌翻譯|馮夢龍·《笑府·凳腳》

鄉(xiāng)間坐凳，多以現(xiàn)成樹丫叉為腳者。一腳偶壞，主人命仆往山中覓取。仆持斧出，竟日空回。主人責(zé)之，答曰：“丫叉盡有，都是向上生，更無向下的?！?/p>

Most stools in the countryside used ready-made branches as legs. One stool leg happened to be broken. The master asked his servant to search for one in the woods. The servant went out with an axe. He didn’t come back until quite late at night. His master asked what took him so long. He replied: “Though there are plenty of branches, they all grow upwards. I didn’t find a single one that goes downwards.”

（陳沅愷 譯）