宋琬(1614-1673),清初著名詩人,清八大詩家之一,字玉叔,號(hào)荔裳,漢族,山東萊陽人。生于明萬歷四十二年(1614),清順治四年(1647)進(jìn)士,曾任戶部河南司主事、吏部稽勛司主事、隴西右道僉事、左參政,康熙十一年(1672),授通議大夫四川按察使司按察使;翌年,進(jìn)京述職,適逢吳三桂兵變,家屬遇難,憂憤成疾,病死京都,時(shí)年59歲。
宋琬·《獄中八詠·蘆席片》
愁心不可卷,假寐聊相資。
莫厭籧篨賤,猶能出范雎。
Songs Composed in Prison I
A Piece of Rush Matting
Sung Wan
A grieving heart can't be rolled up like a mat;
This mat is good enough for a brief nap.
Don't be disgusted because it is cheap,
For it could still produce a Fan Sui.(1)
(1). Fan Sui (fl. 3rrd century B.C.) rose to high office in the state of Ch'in after he had been beaten and thrown into a toilet when taken for dead.
(William Schultz 譯)