<p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b>自咏</b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;">唐・白居易</p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><br></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;">随宜饮食聊充腹，取次衣裘亦暖身。</p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;">未必得年非瘦薄，无妨长福是单贫。</p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;">老龟岂羡牺牲饱，蟠木宁争桃李春。</p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;">随分自安心自断，是非何用问闲人。</p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><br></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b>Self Reflection</b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><br></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;">Seasonal diet fills stomach mere,</p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;">Plain clothes keep my body in warm sphere.</p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;">Skinny limbs may prolong life the same,</p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;">Poverty, lasting fortune won’t blame, </p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;">Turtles admire not the sacrifice,</p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;">Fair blooms, a twisted root never vies.</p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;">Being on sea, I am firm and strong,</p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;">Ask not th'unrelated right or wrong.</p>