游园不值 - 叶绍翁
应怜屐齿印苍苔,小扣柴扉久不开。
春色满园关不住,一枝红杏出墙来。
Visiting the Padlocked Garden by Ye Shao-Weng
No clogs may trespass upon his prized moss,
No wonder none unbolts the brushwood door.
No garden can box in the vernal Joss,
A red twig peeps o’er the wall to explore.
Tr. Ziyuzile
26/03/2025
(To be revised)
Mayhap a forbidden garden ....?