Tao Yuanming: There Ain't Roots Or Stalks In One's Life Way 陶潛 盛年不重來 一日難再晨 Poem by Frank Yue

Miscellaneous Poems - No.1 (of 12)
-by Tao Yuanming (365-427) (Jin Dynasty)
-Translated by Frank Ｃ Yue


There ain't roots or stalks in one's life way -
Like dusts on the road we drift around.
Dispersed, we go where the winds are bound;
Our body changes each passing day.
Two men may be born as brothers dear -
They shan't be the only family.
Enjoy yourselves while you are happy,
Have a care-free drink with your neighour.
Once the prime of our life's gone, it's gone -
There are no 'two mornings' the same day.
On time we'd better be on our way,
For the Sun and Moon keep moving on.


(2017.03.24)

《雜詩》(十二首中) 其一晉 ‧ 陶潛

人生無根蒂，飄如陌上塵；

分散逐風轉，此已非常身。

落地為兄弟，何必骨肉親？

得歡當作樂，斗酒聚比鄰。

盛年不重來，一日難再晨；

及時當勉勵，歲月不待人。