? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 《菊花》

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 元?。ㄌ疲?/p>

秋叢繞舍似陶家， 遍繞籬邊日漸斜。

不是花中偏愛菊， 此花開盡更無花。

? ? ? Chrysanthemums

? ? Translated by Xuemei 2019.08.19

As if poet Tao’s yard, my house is surrounded with bushes of fall.

Lingering about in admiration, I notice not the sundown at all.

Not that I favor chrysanthemums over flowers of another kind.

Only when they are gone, no decent blooms will I ever find.

簡潔版

As if Tao’s yard, mine’s filled with chrysanthemums in the fall.

Lingering about, I notice not the sunset at all.

Not I favor them over flowers of another kind；

Only when they wilt, no blooms will I ever find.

*revised on Nov 22, 2023