翻译资格考试高级笔译翻译：《郊行》

《郊行》是宋代文学家王安石在至和年间(1054-1056)所创作的一首讽刺诗。全诗通过描写蚕农勤劳辛苦还闹饥荒的现实，暗示苛捐杂税猛于虎，讽刺统治者民不聊生。

《郊行》 王安石

柔桑采尽绿阴稀，芦箔蚕成密茧肥。

聊向村家问风俗：如何勤苦尚凶饥?

Walking in the Countryside

Wang Anshi

Tender mulberry leaves picked so clean green shade is sparse;

On reed beds silkworms grow into corpulent cocoons.

Casually I ask the villagers of local ways,

And why after all their hard labour they still go hungry.