Listen to this article《空囊》是唐代大诗人杜甫所作的一首五律。此诗通过写诗人自己的空囊，以小见大，反映当时社会战乱动荡仍未平息的景象，以及诗人的遭遇与社会底层人民生活极其艰难的境况。全诗措语平实，庄谐间出，音律拗折，声情相符。
《空囊》 杜甫
翠柏苦犹食，明霞高可餐。
世人共鲁莽，吾道属艰难。
不爨井晨冻，无衣床夜寒。
囊空恐羞涩，留得一钱看。
Empty Moneybag
Du Fu
Fruit of the azure oak, bitter but edible,
dawn mists, high up, but one can dine on them. 1
Others all bumble along somehow—
why is my way such a tangle of woes?
Nothing on the stove, the well at dawn frozen,
no decent clothing, bed at night so cold;
but an empty moneybag—that shame I dread,
so I cling to this lone copper coin.
1. Azure oak acorns and the rosy mists of dawn were said to be the food of immortal spirits.
