Song of the Year
Dynasty: Tang Dynasty
Author: Liu Yuxi
If you are unhappy after a long year, what about the new year?
Thinking about the people who traveled together in the past, how many are there now?
Take leisure as comfort and make up for wasted life.
Spring is ruthless, so I have seen it even in seclusion.
Translation
I am getting more and more dissatisfied every year, what will happen in the new year? Thinking back on the friends we traveled with in the past, how many are still alive now? I regard idleness as freedom, and longevity as making up for wasted years. Only Chunse, regardless of the world's sophistication, came to visit me when I was idle.