洗儿戏作 苏轼

人皆养子望聪明， 我被聪明误一生。 惟愿孩儿愚且鲁， 无灾无难到公卿。

Playful poem about a baptism (literal translation)

Everyone raises a child hoping that he will be smart, I have been misled by my intelligence all my life. I only wish that my child would be stupid and rude, and that he would become an official without any disaster or trouble.