寒山·《桃花欲经夏》英译

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访觅汉时人，能无一个在。

朝朝花迁落，岁岁人移改。

今日扬尘处，昔时为大海。

Burial

Peach blossoms yearn for a summer’s life,

Shivering before a slight breeze, paling

In each descent of the moon. Of all the ancients,

Not one wakes when a bough stirs.

Leaves of my book curl, and the edges brown

In the fire that livens my mother’s ashes.

When I stumble my feet raise dust