「红鹦鹉（商山路逢）」白居易

安南远进红鹦鹉，色似桃花语似人。

文章辩慧皆如此，笼槛何年出得身。

THE RED COCKATOO 

Sent as a present from Annam — 

A red cockatoo. 

Coloured like the peach-tree blossom. 

Speaking with the speech of men. 

And they did to it what is always done 

To the learned and eloquent. 

They took a cage with stout bars 

And shut it up inside.