Spring Outing (4)

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In a morning or evening like this

I let myself loose

Outside the window are flowers and herbs

Trees and bamboos

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Reclining on my bed, a zither

Waiting on the nightstand, a jug of wine half full

The best of times are untraceable

Only this moment is for me to fable

~ Translated by Dot, from Tao Yuanming’s “Spring Outing (Part Four),” written in the Six Dynasties period

斯晨斯夕，言息其庐。
花药分列，林竹翳如。
清琴横床，浊酒半壶。
黄唐莫逮，慨独在余。

~ 陶淵明 (東晉末至南北朝) 《時運 其四》

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