袁牧诗词英译版

人生薪水寻常事，动辄烦君我亦愁。

解用何尝非俊物，不谈未必定清流。

空劳姹女千回数，屡见铜山一夕休。

拟把婆心向天奏，九州添设富民侯。

Money is spend in daily living,

Quite often it causes you and me to worry.

A proper use of it is really a good thing,

Not to talk of it does not mean you’re holy.

Express Rongle(1) was fond of money counting,

A coins maker (2) in Mount Tong died of hunger.

It’s my good wish to God that I’m expressing,

All people could live a good life in China.