5月15日

偶成
宋 朱熹 ( 1130~1200 )

少年易老學難成，一寸光陰不可輕；
未覺池塘春草夢，階前梧葉已秋聲。

──選自《朱子全書》

May 15

Random Accomplishment
Zhu Xi (1130 - 1200, Song Dynasty)
English translation: Miao Guang

For youth, old age comes readily,
    yet knowledge is difficult to acquire.
Not having even awakened from a dream
    of spring grass beside the pond,
The leaves of the phoenix tree out front
    are already shuffling the sounds of autumn.
── from Zhuzi Quanshu (Complete Works of Master Zhu)