李瑋《秋圃》“Autumn garden” by Li Wei
誅茅隨隙地,
治圃傍回溪。
露切薔薇架,
寒添末利泥。
愛吟筇杖短,
避俗葛巾低。
幽意秋風會,
詩成竹上題。
[I] clear weeds wherever space allows
And tend [my] garden by the winding brook.
Dew clings to the rose trellis;
Cold deepens in the jasmine soil.
Lost in verse, [I] carry a short bamboo staff;
Shunning the world, [I] wear my hemp headcloth low.
The autumn wind understands these quiet thoughts;
[I] inscribe the finished poem upon bamboo.
* From Hu Wenxue 胡文學 (1616-1674) ed., Yongshang qijiushi 甬上耆舊詩, Yingyin Wenyuange Siku quanshu 景印文淵閣四庫全書 (Shanghai: Shanghai guji chubanshe, 1987) edition, vol. 1474, 22.41b.

Detail of "Autumn Mist in the Countryside", handscroll by Zou Zhe 鄒喆 (c. 1610-before 1688)
Image credit: The Cleveland Museum of Art




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