遊園不值 - 葉紹翁
應憐屐齒印蒼苔,小扣柴扉久不開。
春色滿園關不住,一枝紅杏出牆來。
Visiting the Padlocked Garden by Ye Shao-Weng
No clogs may trespass upon his prized moss,
No wonder none unbolts the brushwood door.
No garden can box in the vernal Joss,
A red twig peeps o’er the wall to explore.
Tr. Ziyuzile
26/03/2025
(To be revised)
Mayhap a forbidden garden ....?