「村居卧病三首」白居易

戚戚抱羸病，悠悠度朝暮。夏木才结阴，秋兰已含露。

前日巢中卵，化作雏飞去。昨日穴中虫，蜕为蝉上树。

四时未尝歇，一物不暂住。唯有病客心，沉然独如故。

ILLNESS 

Sad, sad — lean with long illness; 

Monotonous, monotonous — days and nights pass. 

The summer trees have clad themselves in shade ; 

The autumn " Ian " ' already houses the dew. 

The eggs that lay in the nest when I took to bed 

Have changed into little birds and flown away. 

The worm that then lay hidden in its hole 

Has hatched into a cricket sitting on the tree. 

The Four Seasons go on for ever and ever: 

In all Nature nothing stops to rest 

Even for a moment. Only the sick man's heart 

Deep down still aches as of old I 

* Lan 兰花 The epidendrum.