Feelings and Reflections (Orchid Leaves Flourish in Spring)
感遇 (蘭葉春葳蕤) · Three Hundred Tang Poems
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Feelings and Reflections (Orchid Leaves Flourish in Spring)
In spring the orchid leaves grow lush and spreading, in autumn the cassia flowers gleam pure and bright.
Joyfully they flourish in their own nature, each in its own season, perfect in its way.
Who would have known that the one dwelling among the trees, catching their fragrance, would sit in delight?
Plants and trees have no conscious heart of their own—why should they seek to be plucked by a beauty's hand?
感遇 (蘭葉春葳蕤)
蘭葉一作「蘂」春葳蕤，桂華秋皎潔。
欣欣此生意，自爾爲佳節。
誰知林棲者，聞風坐相一作「見」悅。
草木有本一作「本無」心，何求美人折。