题竹林寺 – （唐）朱放
岁月人间促，烟霞此地多。
殷勤竹林寺，更得几回过！
A Five-Character Quatrain by Zhu Fang
(Inscription to the Wooded Shrine)
Time flies and tide flows, alas, all in haste,
Still, rosy clouds will keep here a place chaste.
How lovely, lovely, such a wooded shrine,
How oft could I come afore life I’d waste?
Tr. Ziyuzile
岁月人间促，烟霞此地多。
殷勤竹林寺，更得几回过！
A Five-Character Quatrain by Zhu Fang
(Inscription to the Wooded Shrine)
Time flies and tide flows, alas, all in haste,
Still, rosy clouds will keep here a place chaste.
How lovely, lovely, such a wooded shrine,
How oft could I come afore life I’d waste?
Tr. Ziyuzile