二句三年得,一吟双泪流。 知音如不赏,归卧故山秋。
After Finishing a Poem Chia
Tao
Those
two lines cost me three years: I
chant them once and get two more, of tears. Friend,
if you don’t like them… I’ll
go home, and lie down, in
the ancient mountain autumn.
(J.P. Seaton 译) |