雙語詩歌翻譯|《二十四孝·丁蘭刻木事親》

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《二十四孝·丁蘭刻木事親》

漢丁蘭，幼喪父母，未得奉養(yǎng)，而思念劬勞之恩，刻木為像，事之如生。其妻久而不敬，以針戲刺其指，血出。木像見蘭，眼中垂淚。蘭問得其情，遂將妻棄之。

詩曰：

刻木為父母，形容在日時(shí)。

寄言諸子侄，各要孝親闈。

Ding Lan Waited Upon the Statuettes of His Deceased Parents

Ding Lan of the Han Dynasty, found no opportunity to wait upon his parents, who died when he was young. As he thought of his parents and their hard work in breeding him, he had their pictures carved in the wood, and treated them as if they were alive. At first, his wife was quite respectful to the carved parents, but gradually, she became impatient and disrespectful, and pricked the fingers of the statuettes, and blood came out. When the statuettes saw Ding Lan, tears came down from their eyes. Ding Lan questioned his wife and got to know the truth, so he divorced his wife and drove her away from home.