张九龄: 感遇（其二）/ zhang jiuling: orchid and orange ii

感遇（其二）

张九龄

　

江南有丹橘， 经冬犹绿林。
岂伊地气暖， 自有岁寒心。

可以荐嘉客， 奈何阻重深。

运命惟所遇， 循环不可寻。

徒言树桃李， 此木岂无阴。

　

orchid and orange ii

zhang jiuling

here, south of the yangzi, grows a red orangetree.

all winter long its leaves are green,

not because of a warmer soil,

but because its' nature is used to the cold.