Watching the Plum Blossoms

Lu You (1125-1209)
 
 
The plum trees bloom above the gold grass hill —
Though old, a man cannot enjoy their fluff?
Light mist, the moon, the far-off cattle still —
There’s life and death; don’t fret the common stuff.
 
 

Chinese   看梅絕句 陸游   梅花樹下黃茆丘 古人尚能愛花不 月淡煙深聽牧笛