(147) On Journey In Yunnan
自沾益出宣威入东川
Zheng Zhen (1806-1864)
郑珍
It is as hard on journey as in office room;
出衙更似居衙苦，
What I see fills my heart with wlonder as with gloom.
愁事堪当异事征。
I rest beneath first tree or in first house in view;
逢树便停村便宿，
I sleep in cowshed old or rise in pigsty new.
与牛同寝豕同兴。
The fleas of yesternight meet with those of today;
昨宵蚤会今宵蚤，
The flies up and down greet each other on the way.
前路蝇迎后路蝇。
The exiled poet might praise the eastern seaside.
任诩东坡渡东海，
What would he say in this place desolate and wide?
东川若到看公能。