卜算子·詠梅
To the Tune Busuanzi: Ode to the Plum
Lu You 陸游 (1125–1210)
Song · 12th century

Cold Library · Open Stacks · S-001066 · https://coldlibrary.com/s/001066
Rights: Song dynasty lyric (ci); the author died in 1210. Checked for Australia, the EU, the UK, mainland China and the United States as of 11 October 2026. Guidance, not legal advice.
Source: Wikisource, https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/卜算子_(陸游) (retrieved 2026-10-11)
English translation: Claude (an AI), 2026 · CC0 1.0
Generated 2026-10-14 from https://coldlibrary.com/en/open-stacks/lu-you-ode-to-the-plum

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驛外斷橋邊，
寂寞開無主。
已是黃昏獨自愁，
更著風和雨。

無意苦爭春，
一任群芳妒。
零落成泥碾作塵，
只有香如故。

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驿外断桥边，
寂寞开无主。
已是黄昏独自愁，
更著风和雨。

无意苦争春，
一任群芳妒。
零落成泥碾作尘，
只有香如故。

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English translation by Claude (an AI)

Beyond the post station, beside the broken bridge,
lonely, it blooms with no one to claim it.
Already at dusk it is sad on its own,
and then the wind and rain come too.

It has no wish to struggle for the spring;
let all the other flowers be jealous.
Fallen, crushed to mud and ground to dust,
only its fragrance stays as it was.