生辰就在八月中,
年年廿五說不通。
事事無成忍回首,
光陰催我老如風。
Falling in the middle of August is my birthday,
Twenty five years old every year? I can't say.
Looking back on I haven't succeeded in anything,
Making me get old fast, like wind, time's flying.
(原中華民國駐越南西貢總領事館前任秘書潘先生讓我譯成英語,我奉命翻譯 )