我捧了一束盛開的菊花
興沖沖地進辦公室
彷彿捧了陶淵明
和他悠然看見的那一座南山

給供養在花瓶裡後
我便埋頭在諸多案牘間

不意才一剎那
抬頭一看
猛然發覺那束菊花
已然枯萎殆盡
唉，那束菊花……

Chrysanthemums Incident　Hsu ChiCheng

I hold with both hands a bunch of blooming chrysanthemums
And breeze into my office
Like I were holding the hermit Tao Yuanming
And his Southern Hill at leisure covered with chrysanthemums

After inserting the bunch into a vase
I bury myself into piles of documents

Accidentally
I raise my eyes toward it
To find them
Withered
Alas, the bunch of chrysanthemums …
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