我捧了一束盛开的菊花
兴冲冲地进办公室
仿佛捧了陶渊明
和他悠然看见的那一座南山

给供养在花瓶里后
我便埋头在诸多案牍间

不意才一刹那
抬头一看
猛然发觉那束菊花
已然枯萎殆尽
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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