《蠶婦吟》作者是南宋進士謝枋得。全詩借富貴人家的女人歌舞徹夜不歸,來反襯蠶婦生活的辛苦。
《蠶婦吟》 謝枋得
子規(guī)啼徹四更時,起視蠶稠怕葉稀。
不信樓頭楊柳月,玉人歌舞未曾歸。
Song of the Silkworm Breeders
Xie Fangde
Before dawn rise those women cuckoo's song grieves,
Afriad there are more silkworms than mulberry leaves.
Could they believe the moon over the willow trees,
Has seen fair dancers dance all night long without cease?