雙語詩歌翻譯|晏子春秋-《古代寓言·自滿的馬夫》

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《古代寓言·自滿的馬夫》

晏子為齊相，出。其御之妻從門間而窺其夫為相御，擁大鞭，策駟馬，意氣楊楊，甚自得也。
既而歸，其妻請去。夫問其故。
妻曰：“晏子，身相齊國。名顯諸侯。今者妾觀其出，志念深矣。常有以自下者。今子乃為人仆御。然子之意，自以為足。妾是以求去也?！?br />其夫自抑損。
晏子怪而問之。御以實對。晏子薦以為大夫。
——《晏子春秋》

The Conceited Coachman
One day Yan Zi, prime minister of the state of Qi, went out in his carriage. His coachman's wife, from her gate, saw her husband looking thoroughly smug and conceited under the great carriage awning as he drove his four horses.
When the coachman went home, his wife told him she wanted to leave him.
Her husband asked her why.
"Yan Zi is prime minister of Qi," she replied. "He is famed through the states. But I saw him out today, deep in thought and not giving himself any airs. You are only a coachman, yet you look so conceited and pleased with yourself. That's why I want to leave you."
After this, her husband behaved more modestly. When Yan Zi, surprised, inquired the person for this change, the coachman told him the truth. Then Yan Zi recommended him for an official post.
Yan Zi