Lu You: I, Too, Believe My Lady Fair Finally Has Become Earth; Alas! Too Soon, Too Soon Is Gone My Elusive Dream With Mirth! 陸游 也信美人終作土，不堪幽夢太匆匆。 Poem by Frank Yue

At 84, a year before he died, Lu You -- now a very frail old man -- still went to the Shen Garden for the last time and wrote the following poem.

CHUN YOU: Spring Tour
-- by Lu You (1125-1210）
-- Translated by Frank C Yue

In the Shen Family Garden, flowers bloom like rich embroid'ry;
Half of the blossoms since decades are acquaintances of me.
I, too, believe my Lady Fair finally has become earth;
Alas! Too soon, too soon is gone my elusive dream with mirth!


陸游 八十四歲時，离辞世仅一年，不顾年迈体弱，再游沈園。
作《春游》诗云：

【春游】 南宋 • 陸游

沈家園里花如錦，
半是當年識放翁；
也信美人終作土，
不堪幽夢太匆匆。

【春游】 南宋 • 陸游
沈家園里花如锦， 半是当年识放翁；
也信美人终作土， 不堪幽夢太匆匆。