Lu You: The Maple Leaves Start To Redden, And The Other Leaves, Yellow陸游 楓葉初丹槲葉黄 河陽愁鬢怯新霜 Poem by Frank Yue

Shen Garden Re-visited the Third Time
-by LU YOU (1125-1210
-Translated by Frank C Yue


The maple leaves start to redden, and the other leaves, yellow;
With new frost on river and silver in m'hair, I have mellow'd.
The trees and pavil'on seem old and I turn my head in vain;
On the path to the Fountain who can share my sorrows and pain?
Dust covers the old inked poem and the dilapidated wall;
Truncated life, elusive dreams: memories aren't clear at all.
Over the years only pure thoughts remain: I've seen through the trick;
Turning to the prayer altar, I offer you an incense-stick.


三游沈園 南宋 • 陸游

當 陸游63歲時, 再游沈園，题诗。

小序云：
禹迹寺南，有沈氏小園。四十年前，尝题小阕壁间。
偶复一到，而園已三易主，读之怅然。


三游沈園南宋 • 陸游

楓葉初丹槲葉黄，
河陽愁鬢怯新霜。
林亭感舊空回首，
泉路凭誰說斷腸？
壞壁舊題塵漠漠，
斷雲幽夢事茫茫。
年来妄念消除盡，
回向蒲龛一炷香。