Tang poem · seven-character quatrain唐诗 · 七言绝句
luó罗yǐn隐Luo Yin · Tang唐
The Bee
bú不lùn论píng平dì地yǔ与shān山jiān尖
wú无xiàn限fēng风guāng光jìn尽bèi被zhàn占
cǎi采dé得bǎi百huā花chéng成mì蜜hòu后
wèi为shuí谁xīn辛kǔ苦wèi为shuí谁tián甜
Underlined words have notes: tap one. The Pinyin button below shows or hides all pinyin. 一 and 不 are marked with the tone you actually say.字下有虚线的，点开有注释。下方的“拼音”按钮可以显示或隐藏全部拼音。“一”“不”标的是实际读出来的变调。
This poem is about the little bee. The exact year it was written is not known. Luo Yin lived at the end of the Tang, a time of great disorder. Ordinary people worked hard, but others often took what they produced. Many readers think the poet uses the bee to show sympathy for people who work hard but do not get to enjoy the results, and to mock those who take without working.
这首诗写的是小小的蜜蜂。写作的具体年份不清楚。罗隐生活在唐朝末年，社会很乱，老百姓辛辛苦苦干活，收获却常常被别人拿走。很多人认为，诗人借蜜蜂来同情那些辛苦劳动却享受不到成果的人，也讽刺那些不劳而获的人。
Luo Yin (833–910) was a poet at the end of the Tang. He was very gifted, yet he failed the top civil service exam more than ten times. His poems often mock the unfairness he saw in society. He wrote plainly and directly, and quite a few of his lines became everyday sayings.
罗隐（833—910），唐朝末年的诗人。他很有才华，却去考了十几次进士都没有考中。他的诗文常常讽刺社会上不公平的事，说话直接，语言通俗，有不少句子后来成了大家常说的话。
The first two lines show how far and wide the bees fly: on flat land and on mountain tops, wherever there are flowers, there they are. It is as if all of spring's beauty belongs to them. The third line turns: flower by flower they gather, and at last they make honey. The last line asks "for whom?" twice, and it touches the heart. The bees work so hard, but most of the sweet honey is taken by others. The poem preaches nothing. It just watches the bees and asks a question, and that makes us think of people who work quietly for others. After reading it, we may value other people's hard work a little more.
前两句写蜜蜂飞得多远多广：平地上有，山顶上也有，哪里有花，哪里就有它们，好像整个春天的美景都是它们的。第三句一转，写它们一朵一朵地采花，终于酿成了蜜。最后一句连问两个“为谁”，问得人心里一动：蜜蜂这么辛苦，可是甜甜的蜜，大多被别人拿走了。诗里没有一句大道理，只是看着蜜蜂发问，却让人想到那些默默劳动的人。读完以后，我们也会更珍惜别人的辛苦。