耿湋·《代园中老人》英译

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林园手种唯吾事，桃李成阴归别人。

Written on Behalf of an Old Gardener

Geng Wei

Who can bear to hire himself out when old?

White-haired, I must still work as I did in my youth.

I do all the planting in orchard and garden,

Yet what do I get when the trees are laden with fruit?