書當快意讀易盡，

客有可人期不來。

世事相違每如此，

好懷百歲幾回開？

A Quatrain by Chen Shidao

You just bask in a good book, but the book soon ends,

So hard to come by chums, though I pray I'd meet more.

The whole world does behave just like this without fail,

Likewise, how oft carefree with laughter could we roar?

Tr. Ziyuzile