陆游病危的最后一天

On the day of Lu Yu's last sickness

一口薄棺已备好

a thin coffin was ready,

还有两条被子盖他

and two quilts to cover him,

掘墓人收了工钱

and the gravediggers paid

　　　　已经完了工

                                 their work done.

然后他开始赋一首新诗

Then he started to write another poem

死亡很快就要降临

a short time before death,

他写的是又到村上喝酒——

about drinking wine again in the village -

人们安葬他的时候他还在运思

He was working on the poem when they buried him,

所以有半行诗句冒出泥土

so that half a line protruded from the earth

　　　　迎着风，而天气在倾听——

                                 in wind and weather's hearing -

阳光轻拂先写出的年轻词字，

With sunlight touching the first young syllables,

最后几个从黑棺中开出花朵：

the last ones flowering from a dark coffin:

　　　　“入市更／饮一杯醉”

                      "marketplace the in/drink more One"

前三个字冒出了地面

The first three words above ground

而后面几个以酒招待红尘。

the last ones wine in the Red Dust.

靠近的那个村子浙江省的

Near the village of Shanyang

　　　　　　山阴县……

                                 in Chekiang Province…

注：所引杜甫这句诗不存在，我创造的这句诗也不存在。