朝中措·先生筇杖是生涯 – （宋）朱敦儒

先生筇杖是生涯，

挑月更担花。

把住都无憎爱，

放行总是烟霞。

飘然携去，

旗亭问酒，

萧寺寻茶。

恰似黄鹂无定，

不知飞到谁家？

A Verse by Zhu Dunru (Soong Dynasty)

A bamboo cane depicts the life of mine,

It tickles fair flowers or teases the moonshine.

Its heart hoards no fancy or rancour,

Instead, it holds misty hills and twilit rills divine.

It ambles hither and thither at will,

For wine it will stroll into a tavern,

For tea it follows aroma into a Buddhist shrine.

Like an oriole, sans a fixed nest,

To whose house, it cannot define.

Tr. Ziyuzile

(to be revised)

13/08/2024