和子由澠池懷舊 蘇軾

和子由澠池懷舊    蘇軾(1037-1101)

人生到處知何似，應似飛鴻踏雪泥。
泥上偶然留指爪，鴻飛那復計東西。
老僧已死成新塔，壞壁無由見舊題。
往日崎嶇還知否，路長人困蹇驢嘶。

Echoing my brother’s poem reminiscing Mianchi       

Su Shi (1037-1101)

How amazing is the similarity between life’s different scenarios,

Wayfaring wild geese may occasionally stop on the middle of their road,
Leaving claw prints on the muddy snow,
Thereafter who cares where they would go,
When the old monk dies the old pagoda has to give way to a new one to be molded,
Poems written on the walls of the old pagoda one will no longer be able to behold,
Don’t forget the difficulties we had come across in times of old,
The strenuous road ahead of us will make even the frustrated donkey we ride wail.