Layers Upon Layers: Partridge Sky
鹧 鸪 天
嫩 绿 重 重 看 得 成
曲 阑 幽 槛 小 红 英。
酴 醾 架 上 蜂 儿 闹
杨 柳 行 间 燕 子 轻。
春 婉 晚 客 飘 零
残 花 浅 酒 片 时 清。
一 杯 且 买 明 朝 事
送 了 斜 阳 月 又 生。
Zhe Gu Tian
Nen lu chong chong kan de cheng
Qu lan you jian xiao hong ying.
Tu mi jia shang feng er nao
Yang liu hang jian yan zi qing.
Chun wan wan ke piao ling
Can hua qian jiu pian shi qing.
Yi bei qie mai ming zhao shi
Song liao xie yang yue you sheng.
Layers Upon Layers: Partridge Sky
Layers upon layers of tender greens during their development
In seclusion, a trained hedge of small red blossoms.
On this frame wine-fragrant flowers inside a swarm of noisy honey bees
Poplar and willow trees with a few swallow chicks between the rows.
Mild spring evenings without any visitors or hometown friends
Drink thin simple wine among late season remaining flowers.
For now, one more cup of wine, bought to forget what the dawn will bring
Send off both sun and moonlight as life moves on.