Xin Qiji: In My Youth I Had No Idea Of The Meaning Of Sorrow 辛棄疾 Poem by Frank Yue

TUNE: Chou Nu Er "Ugly Boy-Servant"/
Cai Sang Zi "Picking Mulberries"
TITLE: "Written on a Wall on the Way toBoshan"
-by Xin Qiji (1140-1207)
-Translated by 無求劍客
'Transcendence Swordsman'

In my youth I had no idea of the meaning of sorrow;
I leisurely climbed another floor,
I leisurely climbed another floor,
Seeking new verses to express my pretentious sadness, hollow.

Now I have tasted life in its deepest of stress, in disbelief,
Silenced, feeling sick and tired,
Silenced, feeling sick and tired,
I would rather a leisurely cool day instead of, the autumn grief.


(2014.08.18)


《醜奴兒/采桑子‧書博山道中壁》
南宋‧辛棄疾

少年不識愁滋味，
愛上層樓，
愛上層樓;
為赋新詞強說愁。

而今識盡愁滋味，
欲說還休，
欲說還休;
卻道天凉好個秋。