秦大川英译：曹植《言志》
庆云未时兴，
云龙潜作鱼。
神鸾失其俦，
还从燕雀居。
Expressing the
Idea
By Cao Zhi
Tr. Qin Dachuan
Auspicious clouds are yet to
rise,
Dragons keep low like fish in
th' deep.
The phoenix, having lost his
mate,
Has to live with the finch and
its breed.
