闷书
闷来咄咄向空书，怪底年来每事疎。
着脚左如旋磨蚁，进身难似上竿鱼。
不逢贤者休弹铗，谩说侯门可曳裾。
毕竟归农为上策，买将蓑笠去耕锄。
注释
- 「咄咄」： expressing dissatisfaction or annoyance
- 「怪底」： wondering why
- 「疎」： neglectful
- 「着脚」： taking action
- 「旋磨蚁」： ants spinning around a millstone
- 「上竿鱼」： fish trying to climb up a bamboo pole
- 「闷来咄咄向空书，怪底年来每事疎。」： When feeling bored, I write in the air with dissatisfaction, wondering why I've been neglectful in everything these years.
- 「着脚左如旋磨蚁，进身难似上竿鱼。」： Taking action is as difficult as ants spinning around a millstone, and advancing in life is as hard as fish trying to climb up a bamboo pole.
- 「不逢贤者休弹铗，谩说侯门可曳裾。」： If you don't meet worthy people, don't play the zither, and don't just say that you can flaunt your connections in the noble families.
- 「毕竟归农为上策，买将蓑笠去耕锄。」： After all, returning to farming is the best strategy. Buy a straw raincoat and hat and go farming.
赏析
《闷书》抒发了诗人内心的烦闷与对世事的感慨
诗人因诸事不顺而烦闷，以独特视角表达出在困境中挣扎的心境
如将自己比作旋磨蚁、上竿鱼，形象地展现出行动艰难
诗中用典自然，如弹铗、曳裾等，增强了情感表达深度，语言直白质朴，却深刻传达出诗人对现实的无奈与对归农的向往
精选评论
- 「落魄客」诗中尽显诗人的烦闷与无奈，以旋磨蚁、上竿鱼自比，将生活的艰难刻画得入木三分，令人感同身受。
- 「失意者」“不逢贤者休弹铗，谩说侯门可曳裾”，诗人感慨世态炎凉，怀才不遇之情溢于言表，读来令人心酸。
- 「幽愤君」整首诗围绕“闷”字展开，从对诸事不顺的烦闷到对未来出路的思考，展现出诗人内心的挣扎与不甘。
- 「落魄文人」杨公远以直白之语倾诉内心苦闷，“毕竟归农为上策”一句，虽略显无奈，却也不失为一种对现实的妥协。
- 「愤懑客」诗中对自身境遇的描写生动形象，如“着脚左如旋磨蚁，进身难似上竿鱼”，将诗人的困境展现得淋漓尽致。