Lu You: O Sweet Dream And The Fragrance Have Been Gone For Forty Years 陸游 城上斜陽畫角哀 沈園非復陽池台; 夢香銷沉四十年 沈園柳老不飛绵; Poem by Frank Yue

當 陸游 75 歲時, 唐婉 逝世近四十年。
重游沈園，作《沈園》绝句二首。

其二

【沈園之二】 南宋 • 陸游

夢香銷沉四十年，
沈園柳老不飛绵。
此身行作稽山土，
猶吊遺踪一泫然。


SHEN YUAN ('Shen Garden') No.2 (of 2)
-by by LU YOU (1125-1210）
-Translated by Frank C Yue

O Sweet dream and the fragrance have been gone for forty years;
Now, puffy seeds th' old Shen Yuan willow no longer produce.
On the hill, to ashes my ageing body will be reduced;
Still, I love re-living the Garden memories with tears!



當 陸游 75 歲時, 唐婉 逝世近四十年。
重游沈園，作《沈園》绝句二首。

其一

【沈園之一】南宋 • 陸游

城上斜陽畫角哀，
沈園非復陽池台。
傷心橋下春波绿，
曾是驚鴻照影來。


Shen Yuan (Garden) No.1 (of 2)
-by by LU YOU (1125-1210）
-Translated by Frank C Yue

Ov'r city and pavil'on, slanting Sun laments what it sees -
The great, luxuriant garden is not what it used to be!
Under the heart-break bridge the rippling Spring waves are still so green;
There I once saw flash reflection of the fair face of m'young Queen.