司空图·《酒泉子》英译

买得杏花，

十载归来方始坼，

假山西畔药阑东，

满枝红。

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旋开旋落旋成空，

白发多情人更惜，

黄昏把酒祝东风，

且从容。

Jiu Quanzi

Sikong Tu

I bought apricot trees.

Ten years later they bloomed: not until I returned home.

Planted west of the garden rockeries,

East of the herbal plot,

The apricot blossoms opened a lovely pink.

The flowers opened, then fell, as if they’d never been.

The deep emotions of a hoary man

Are to be cherished all the more.

At dusk I raised a wine cup to the east wind and prayed:

Prithee, go easy with the world.