有客从余,不计余无酒。
袖有蟠桃为君寿。
叹此桃再熟,也须年后。
甚辨得,转盼个偷桃手。
菊潭三十斛,月又月添,天赋先生日更久。
但黄杨长寸,闰年倒寸,似凭得到梧宫甚时候。
客又道奇特是阳生,后七日相看,醉春风柳。
有客从余,不计余无酒。
袖有蟠桃为君寿。
叹此桃再熟,也须年后。
甚辨得,转盼个偷桃手。
菊潭三十斛,月又月添,天赋先生日更久。
但黄杨长寸,闰年倒寸,似凭得到梧宫甚时候。
客又道奇特是阳生,后七日相看,醉春风柳。
有客来访,不计较我无酒相待。
袖中藏有蟠桃,特来为您祝寿。
可叹这仙桃再次成熟,也须等到多年以后。
怎能辨得清,那转眼偷桃的妙手?
菊潭之水三十斛,岁月叠加,天赐先生寿数更久长。
但黄杨木长一寸,逢闰年反缩一寸,似这般何时才能抵达梧宫?
客人又说奇特的是阳气初生,七日后我们再会,醉倒在春风杨柳边。
A guest arrives, not minding my lack of wine.
From his sleeve, a peach of immortality for your health, a sign.
Alas, this peach ripens again only after years have passed.
How could one discern a hand that steals peaches, swift and vast?
Thirty vessels from Chrysanthemum Spring, moon adds to moon, heaven grants you days ever prolonged.
But like the boxwood that grows an inch, yet loses in leap year, when will Wu Palace be neared, as foretold?
The guest also says the wonder is the sun's rebirth; after seven days we'll meet, drunk in spring breeze by willow's girth.
南宋遗民借仙桃祝寿寄故国之思。
以时间悖论暗喻复国机遇的周期困境。
以蟠桃、菊潭为寿,表达对友人长寿的祝愿与时光流转的感慨。
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