Flowers on the Roadside Tom Sharp

1. Butterflies flutter where flowers on the roadside bloom. The townsfolk have grown old, but the landscape hasn’t changed. Women on the road sing as they return slowly home. 2. Countless flowers bloom on the mountain, and people rush to see carriages approach. If you want to leave with dignity, don’t hurry to go. 3. Wealth and splendor evaporate like dew. Elegance and grace are like flowers on the roadside. The king is gone but his lover’s song still makes us linger.

陌上花(三首) 苏轼

游九仙山，闻里中儿歌《陌上花》，父老云：吴越玉妃每岁春必归临安，王以书遗妃，曰“陌上花开，可缓缓归矣”。吴人用其语为歌，含思宛转，听之凄然。而其词鄙野，为易之云：一陌上花开蝴蝶飞，江山犹是昔人非。遗民几度垂垂老，游女长歌缓缓归。二陌上山花无数开，路人争看翠軿来。若为留得堂堂去，且更从教缓缓回。三生前富贵草头露，身后风流陌上花。已作迟迟君去鲁，犹教缓缓妾还家。