Silk, Sense, and Sensibility

春風得意馬蹄疾，一日看盡長安花。 The pains of the past

昔日齷齪不足誇，今朝放蕩思無涯。

春風得意馬蹄疾，一日看盡長安花。

The pains of the past

are not worth remembering,

For my joy today

is limitless.

The spring wind lightens

the stallion’s flying hooves,

As all the flowers of the capital

bloom in splendor.

—Poem by Mèng Jiāo, Tang dynasty, transcribed by Fan Enze