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除日当早归，
官事乃见留。
执笔对之泣，
哀此系中囚：
小人营糇粮 ① ，
堕网 ② 不知羞。
我亦恋薄禄，
因循失归休。
不须论贤愚，
均是为食谋。
谁能暂纵遣？
闵默 ③ 愧前修 ④ 。
①糇（hóu）粮：干粮，这里“糇粮”借指生活必需。②堕网：堕入法网，即犯法。③闵默：亦作悯默，心中有忧说不出来的意思。④前修：先贤。
I should go back early on New Year's Eve,
But my official duty detains me.
Holding my writing brush in hand, I grieve
For I am like these prisoners I see.
They cannot earn an honest livelihood,
And feel no shame at committing a crime.
I won't resign my office which I should,
And get into a rut and lose my time.
Don't ask who is foolish or who is wise.
All of us alike must scheme for a meal.
Who can be carefree from his fall and rise?
Silent before the sage, what shame I feel!
本诗为苏轼初到杭州的除夕夜所作。除夕夜加班审判犯人，理应郁闷难当，但他却出人意料地站在人性的角度来思考问题。这是本诗的闪光之处，也是苏轼品格的耀眼之处。