All day spent confused
As if drunk,
Or in a dream
Then suddenly

,
I hear spring’s ending
And forcefully I begin to climb
Passing a bamboo courtyard
I meet a monk,
We talk,
And steal another idle afternoon
From this floating life.

终日昏昏醉梦间，
忽闻春尽强登山。
因过竹院逢僧话，
偷得浮生半日闲。

——唐·李涉