Viewing Peonies at the Temple of Good Fortune by Su Tung-p’o

I’m not ashamed at my age to stick a flower in my hair.
The flower is the embarrassed one, topping an old man’s head.
People laugh as I go home drunk, leaning on friends–
ten miles of elegant blinds raised halfway for watching.

translated by Burton Watson

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