赠巾工李澹斋
十年奔走风尘里，短发翛翛被双耳。
百回栉沐向朝阳，千度爬搔照秋水。
岁华冉冉逼我来，相对虽悲亦还喜。
翻思离乱眼中人，如此头颅能有几。
乃知鬓丝增老丑，逢人自觉吾形滓。
吾闻李翁解作巾，百钱买裹聊复尔。
旧藏白氎不易得，古制平头差可拟。
临风见影颇自整，只有羁人脱蓬累。
李翁李翁遗世者，萧然一屋吴兴市。
全家但食卖巾钱，能以此技代耘耔。
我因作诗贻李翁，愿翁子孙守翁技。
我今亦是织屦人，同与徜徉没馀齿。
Over the past ten years, I have traveled tirelessly, with short hair flapping freely behind my ears. I have bathed in the sun hundreds of times, combing my hair in front of the rising sun, scratching my scalp thousands of times by the shimmering autumn waterside. As the years pass by, forcing me closer to age, I feel both sadness and joy in the face of time's relentless progression. Looking back at the people in chaos during the turbulent times, how many can maintain their heads as firmly as I do now? Realizing that my temples are growing gray and my appearance is becoming old and ugly, I feel ashamed when meeting others. I have heard that Mr. Li can make a living by selling headgear, making a hundred money from making and selling a hat. I no longer possess the old white silk I used to have, but I can imagine how the traditional flat-topped hat looks like. When facing my image in the wind, I feel quite tidy and well-groomed, except for the shackles like a nomad without removing his tousled hair. Mr. Li is an outcast from society, living in a humble house in Wuxing. His family survives by selling hats, using this skill to replace farming. I am writing this poem to present to Mr. Li, wishing his descendants could carry on his craftsmanship. Now I am also a person who makes shoes, wandering without any worries until my last breath.
《赠巾工李澹斋》一诗，字里行间流露出诗人对人生沧桑的深刻体悟及对平凡生活的真挚赞美，读来令人动容。
开篇“十年奔走风尘里，短发翛翛被双耳”，诗人以自身经历切入，十年间的奔波劳碌，仿佛一幕幕风尘仆仆的画面跃然纸上，短发在风中凌乱，形象地勾勒出旅人的疲惫与无奈。紧接着，“百回栉沐向朝阳，千度爬搔照秋水”，通过日常细节——无数次的梳理与洗涤，映照出时间的流逝与个人的坚持，朝阳与秋水，既是自然之景，也是生命历程的象征。
“岁华冉冉逼我来，相对虽悲亦还喜”，岁月无情地逼近，诗人面对镜中的自己，内心五味杂陈，既有对年华老去的悲哀，也有对生命依旧继续的欣慰。这种复杂情感的交织，深刻反映了人至中年的微妙心态。“翻思离乱眼中人，如此头颅能有几”，诗人由己及人，想到在这乱世之中，能保全性命、拥有健康体魄的人何其稀少，更添一份对生命的珍视与感慨。
随后，笔触转向李澹斋，“乃知鬓丝增老丑，逢人自觉吾形滓”，诗人自谦因年老而外貌不佳，引出对李翁技艺的欣赏。“吾闻李翁解作巾，百钱买裹聊复尔”，听闻李澹斋擅长制作头巾，便欣然购之，以解头巾之需，此举看似随意，实则透露出对李翁手艺的信任与尊重。
“旧藏白氎不易得，古制平头差可拟”，旧有的头巾难得，而李翁所制的平头巾则颇为满意，这不仅是对物品的满意，更是对李翁坚守传统技艺的认可。“临风见影颇自整，只有羁人脱蓬累”，戴上新巾，对着风中的影子整理一番，仿佛暂时摆脱了漂泊无依的羁旅之感，获得片刻的安宁与自我肯定。
“李翁李翁遗世者，萧然一屋吴兴市”，李澹斋，这位超然物外的匠人，居住在吴兴市的一间简陋小屋中，生活虽清贫，却自得其乐。“全家但食卖巾钱，能以此技代耘耔”，全家依靠卖巾为生，这份手艺成了他们生活的依靠，比田间劳作更多了一份艺术与自在。
最后，“我因作诗贻李翁，愿翁子孙守翁技。我今亦是织屦人，同与徜徉没馀齿”，诗人以诗相赠，表达对李翁技艺传承的美好愿望，同时自比为织屦之人，强调两人虽职业不同，但都沉浸于各自的手艺之中，享受着平凡生活中的乐趣，直至生命尽头。全诗在此温馨而深邃的意境中缓缓落下帷幕，留给读者无限的思考与回味。