5月15日

勸學
唐 顏真卿 ( 709~785 )

三更燈火五更雞，正是男兒發憤時；
黑髮不知勤學早，白首方悔讀書遲。

──選自《讀書聲》

May 15

Advice to Students
Yan Zhenqing (709 - 785, Tang Dynasty)
English translation: Zhi Yue

Midnight hours with a lamp,
Morning hours, when the rooster calls,
The best times for a boy to strive forward.
If he does not study hard while his hair is still dark,
it will be too late to regret when his hair turns grey.

── from Dushu Sheng: Zhongguo Gudai Dushu Quanxue Shixuan
(The Voice of Reading: Selection of Ancient Chinese Poems Advising Study)