2月6日

〈夢江南〉
明 屈大均 ( 1630~1696 )

悲落葉，葉落落當春。
歲歲葉飛還有葉，
年年人去更無人，紅帶淚痕新。
悲落葉，葉落絕歸期。
縱使歸來花滿樹，
新枝不是舊時枝，且逐水流遲。

──選自《中華詩詞》

February 6th

Grieve for the Falling Leaves
Tune: Dreaming of the South
Qu Dajun (1630 - 1696, Ming Dynasty)
English translation: John Balcom

Grieve for the falling leaves;
The leaves fall, fall to make spring.

Every year, the leaves fly away and still there are leaves.
Every year people depart, leaving fewer people;
Upon the rouge there are fresh tears.

Grieve for the falling leaves;
The leaves fall, never to return.

Though they return, flowers cover the trees,
The new branches are not the ones in the past;
Slowly the water flows away.

── from Zhonghua Shici (Chinese Classical Poetry)