非常喜歡紫荊棘鳥 MM 的組詩古絕《秋》，試着譯成英語，不知準確否，請紫鳥 MM 和有興趣的朋友們指正。

1. 友自秋時別，故我生悵惆。休道今晨冷，不冷不知秋。

Farewell, my friend, 

How wistful I am to see you go. 

Don't say the morning is cold,

Cuz the autumn has come.

2.  葉在春天綠，葉於秋季黃。葉在黃昏落，一落一觴傷。

Leaves green in spring,

Leaves yellow in autumn.

Leaves flutter down at sundown,

A fall of a leaf is my sorrow.

3. 君說菊花潔，君說桂花香。君可言美麗，不可說風霜。

You say the chrysanthemum is pure and clean,  

You say the fragrant olive is pleasant and sweet; 

You praise their beauty,

Whether their harshness have you seen?

4. 紅葉愁煞人，黃葉愁煞人。君可戀落葉，不可戀風塵。 

The red leaves make you sad, 

The yellow ones  too.

You long for the falling leaves,  

Keep away from the dusts.

5. 秋來易生愁，秋去亦生愁。秋天生紅葉，只是不能留。 

When autumn comes my sadness rises,  

When autumn goes my sadness stays.

 Autumn turns leaves red,

Yet  it can't hold them.

6. 春天留不住，夏天留不住。秋天楓葉紅，只是浸寒露。 

Spring has to go,  

Summer has to go,

Autumn reddens the maple leaves,  

And the frost cloaks them with dews.

7.  露從今夜寒，人從明日老。都是不相留，何必費辭藻。 

Dews grow colder since this night, 

One becomes older from tomorrow.

If  all could not stay forever,  

Then no sigh is needed.