1939年秋，陳寅恪、唐篔夫婦與三個女兒避難香港

弦箭文章苦未休  權門奔走喘吳牛
自由共道文人筆  最是文人不自由

《A Poem after Reading Newspapers》Chen Yin Ke(1890-1969)

‘Tis a pity to see flattering essays in the literary scene
People rush to doors of power for comforting inn
Freedom implies rules for writings of quality
Alas how many writers know not what is to be free

《甲申除夕病榻作時目疾頗劇離香港又三年矣 (一九四五年二月)》 Continue reading →

乙酉仲夏五月十七日

《My Fifty-sixth Birthday》Chen Yin Ke

去年病目實已死  My eyes blinded last year a dead man was I
雖號為人與鬼同  Living as man I was in ghostly sight
可笑家人作生日  I laughed when my family held a birthday party for me
宛如設祭奠亡翁  As if an oblate act to enliven an old dead man to be Continue reading →

《憶故居_1945》陳寅恪

渺渺鐘聲出遠方  依依林影萬鴉藏
一生負氣成今日  四海無人對夕陽
破碎山河迎勝利  殘餘歲月送悽涼
松門松菊何年夢  且認他鄉作故鄉

[寒家有先人之敝廬二，一曰崝廬，一曰松門別墅]

《Remembering My Old Houses _1945》 Chen Yin Ke

The toll of bells heard faintly from a distance Continue reading →