6月10日

陸游詩選 ─ 臨安春雨初霽
宋 陸游 ( 1125~1210 )

世味年來薄似紗，誰令騎馬客京華？
小樓一夜聽春雨，深巷明朝賣杏花。
矮紙斜行閑作草，晴窗細乳戲分茶；
素衣莫起風塵嘆，猶及清明可到家。

──選自《劍南詩藁》等

June 10

Selection of Poems by Lu You - as Spring Rain Clears up in Linan
Lu You (1125 - 1210, Song Dynasty)
English translation: Miao Guang and You Zai

Tastes of mundane affairs across the years
    thinning away like a layer of gossamer,
Yet who had actually put me on that horse
    headed for the bustling capital?
Listening to a night’s pitter-patter
    of the spring rain from a small lodge,
When morning comes, apricot flower stalls
    begin business behind deep quiet valleys.
Leisurely running my cursive script
    across small and tilted pieces of paper,
Pleasantly grading teas by their silky froth
    in front of the clear window view.
Lament not over this unadorned outfit
    being tainted by mundane dusts,
Home will be within reach by
    the time Qingming* arrives.
── from Jiannan Shigao
(Collation and Annotation on Jiannan Poetry Drafts) and others

*Also known as Tomb Sweeping Day.