雙語 ● 柔底難摧挫

TUNE: SONG OF DIVINATION

卜算子

The hard may not be strong,

剛者不堅牢，

While the soft may last long

柔底難摧挫。

Look into my open mouth if you think me wrong:

不信張開口角看，

The teeth are lost before the tongue.

舌在牙先墮。

Side teeth all gone, behold!

已闕兩邊廂，

I lose a middle one anew.

又豁中間個。

I tell the young not to laugh at the old;

說與兒曹莫笑翁，

I’ll pass through the dog’s hole with you.

狗竇從君過。