2月17日

陶淵明詩選 ─ 飲 酒 ( 其五 )
晉 陶潛 ( 365~427 )

結廬在人境，而無車馬喧。
問君何能爾？心遠地自偏。
採菊東籬下，悠然見南山。
山氣日夕佳，飛鳥相與還。
此中有真意，欲辯已忘言。
──選自《陶淵明集》

February 17th

On Drinking Wine
Tao Qian (365 - 427, Jin Dynasty)
English translation: Zhi Yue

My home, I build in the world of men,
But sounds of horse and carriage are none;
Ask me how this quiet is achieved?
A detached mind keeps my place alone.
Plucking chrysanthemums under the Eastern hedge,
I rest my gaze upon Mount Nan;
The mountain air, lovely at sunset,
The birds flock homeward to their nests.
In this, a true meaning revealed,
But words fail me, if I try to tell you.

── from Tao Yuanming Ji (Complete Works of Tao Yuanming)