寒山·《昨见河边树》英译

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二三余蕊卉，千万斧刀痕。

霜凋萎疏叶，波冲枯朽根。

生处当如此，何用怨乾坤。

I Request a Bowl of Wine, and Sullenly One Compiles

I passed a grove on the bank of a stream.

Wagoners had slashed the boughs with long knives;

Frost had blackened the leaves,

And the constant water had wasted the roots.

Thus it must be for live things anywhere.

What would a bitter eyed do, cast

At God, thrust pointedly at Nature?