《官倉鼠》是唐代詩人曹鄴的作品。此詩借用官倉鼠比喻肆無忌憚地搜刮民脂民膏的貪官污吏。全詩詞淺意深,含蓄委婉,但詩人的意圖并不隱晦,辛辣地諷刺了大小官吏只管中飽私囊、不問軍民疾苦的腐朽本質(zhì)。
《官倉鼠》 曹鄴
官倉老鼠大如斗,見人開倉亦不走。
健兒無糧百姓饑,誰遣朝朝入君口?
Hamsters in Government-Owned Barns
By Cao Ye
Each of those barn hamsters is about the size of a pail,
They are not man-shy because they in government barns stay.
At the same time all soldiers and civilians are hungry,
Who lets them eat government grain at their will day by day?