文／宋．辛棄疾（1140～1207）

少年不識愁滋味，愛上層樓。

愛上層樓，為賦新詞強說愁。

而今識盡愁滋味，欲語還休。

欲語還休，卻道天涼好個秋！

──選自《辛棄疾詞全集》

Written on the Wall

Along the Path to Mount Bo

Tune: The Ugly Slave

Xin Qiji (1140 - 1207, Song Dynasty)

English translation:Ven. Zhi Yue and Linda Tsui

In my youth,

I never knew the taste of sorrow.

I loved to climb high towers.*

I loved to climb high towers.

In order to write new verses,

I forced myself to speak of sorrow.

Yet now that I have fully learned the taste of sorrow,

I desire to tell, yet my words have stopped.

I desire to tell, yet my words have stopped.

Instead, I say “It is chilly out, what a wonderful autumn it is!”

── from Xin Qiji Jici Quanji

(Complete Collection of Xin Qiji’s Verses and Poems)