文／唐‧劉禹錫（772~842）

莫道讒言如浪深，莫言遷客似沙沉。

千淘萬漉雖辛苦，吹盡狂沙始到金。

──選自《全唐詩》

Sand-Sifting Waves

Liu Yuxi (772 - 842, Tang Dynasty)

English translation: Ven. Miao Guang

Think not that flattery are only deep

as waves,

Say not that the exiled are good

as sinking sand;

Though the washing and sifting

are painstaking,

Once the wild sand blows away,

real gold will be revealed.

── from Quan Tang Shi

（A Collection of Tang Dynasty Poems）