<Header>
<Author: 白居易>
<Title: 寄李相公>
<Format: 五言絕句>
<Year: 1981>
<BookName: Tu Fu -A New Translation>
<Translator: Wu, Juntao>
<TranslatedTitle: Sent to Minister Li>
<BookPage: 483>
<UsedPage: 1>
<Feature: 1, 5>
<End Header>
<Poem>
漸老只謀歡
雖貧不要官
唯求造化力
試為駐春看
<End Poem>
<Translation>
As I gradually grow old
All I do is plan for pleasure.
Although I'm poor, I want no post.
All I want is power of creation,
Trying to arrest springtime
For men's viewing.
<End Translation>
<Formatted Translation>
As I gradually grow old all I do is plan for pleasure.
Although I'm poor, I want no post.
All I want is power of creation,
Trying to arrest springtime for men's viewing.
<End Formatted Translation>