Du Fu: loose translations
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A bull knocks the foolish peacock, strutting by itself, into the spring. A sunset lasts only minutes; a fertile garden comes and goes. A fisherman was jealous of pelicans, but scaring them off didn’t catch him any fish. An emperor’s grandson was so conceited that he was easily made a fool of. The collected works of Zhuge Liang has thousands of pages of trivial matters.
孔雀未知牛有角,渴饮寒泉逢牴触。 赤霄悬圃须往来,翠尾金花不辞辱。 江中淘河吓飞燕,衔泥却落羞华屋。 皇孙犹曾莲勺困,卫庄见贬伤其足。 老翁慎莫怪少年,葛亮贵和书有篇。 丈夫垂名动万年,记忆细故非高贤。