(十二月三日)
偶思及《木瓜》之诗,检英人C. Francis Romilly Allen所译观之,殊未惬心,因译之如下:
投我以木祧,报之以琼瑶;
匪报也,永以为好也。
Peaches were the gifts which to me you made,
And I gave you back a piece of jade—
Not to compensate
Your kindnesses, my friend,
But to celebrate
Our friendship which shall never end.