老夫

老夫

1. (old-fashioned or humorous) I; me (term of self-address used by an elderly man)

   • 老夫聊發少年狂。
     左牽黃，右擎蒼。 [MSC, trad.]
     老夫聊发少年狂。
     左牵黄，右擎苍。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 蘇軾 (Su Shi), 《江城子·密州出獵》 (To the tune of "River Town" - "Hunting in Mi Province") [late 11th century]. Translation by Qian Jia

     Lǎofū liáo fā shàonián kuáng.
     Zuǒ qiān huáng, yòu qíng cāng. [Pinyin]

     I take on a young man’s arrogance for a moment,
     Pulling a yellow dog with my left hand,
     And holding a goshawk with my right.

   • 老夫原不愛吟詩，
     因為囚中無所為。 [Vietnamese Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 1942, 胡志明 (Hú Zhìmíng) (Hồ Chí Minh), 《獄中日記·開卷》 (Prison Diary, “Beginning the Diary”); translated based on Foreign Languages Publishing House's 1972 version

     Lão phu nguyên bất ái ngâm thi,
     Nhân vị tù trung vô sở vi. [Sino-Vietnamese]

     I’ve never been fond of writing poetry;
     But what else can I do in thraldom?

2. old husband

   老夫老妻  ―  lǎofū lǎoqī  ―  old couple married for a long time; autumn romance

   老夫少妻  ―  lǎofū shàoqī  ―  May-December romance

老(ろう)夫(ふ) • (rōfu) 

1. an old man

• 老(ろう)夫(ふう)婦(ふ) (rōfūfu)