卜算子 劉克莊

卜算子        劉克莊 (1187-1269)

片片蝶衣輕，點點猩紅小。

道是天公不惜花，百種千般巧。
朝見樹頭繁，暮見枝頭少。

道是天公果惜花，雨洗風吹了。

Bu Suan Zi         Liu Kezhuang (1187-1269)

Every petal gossamer and gracile,

Every scarlet dot lithe and svelte,

Who says the Heaven cares not for the blows,

Why should It exhaust Its tricks to make them in such myriad lovely and graceful modes,

In the morning you’ll see them teeming on the boughs,

At dusk you’ll only see few and little,

If Heaven really cares for the blows,

How come getting rid of them with squalls.