聖人不法古，不修今，法古則後於時，修今則塞於世。

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.

秋天是第二個春天，每片葉子都是花。

—Albert Camus

──阿爾貝·加繆

Autumn leaves don't fall, they fly.

秋天的樹葉飛舞而非落下，

They take their time and wander on this their only chance to soar.

它們毫不匆忙地借著這唯一的機會在空中徘徊。

—Where the Crawdads Sing

──《沼澤深處的女孩》

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,

霧氣洋溢、果實圓熟的秋，

Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;

你和成熟的太陽成為友伴；

Conspiring with him how to load and bless

你們密謀用累累的珠球，

With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run.

綴滿茅屋簷下的葡萄藤蔓。

—John Keats

──約翰·濟慈

Is not this a true autumn day?

這難道不是一個真正的秋日嗎？

Just the still melancholy that I love—that makes life and nature harmonize.

我愛那股平靜的憂鬱——使生命與自然和諧的憂鬱。

—George Eliot

──喬治·艾略特

Over old trees wreathed with rotten vines fly evening crows;

枯藤老樹昏鴉

Under a small bridge near a cottage a stream flows;

小橋流水人家

On ancient road in the west wind a lean horse goes.

古道西風瘦馬

Westward declines the sun;

夕陽西下

Far, far from home is the heartbroken one.

斷腸人在天涯。

──馬致遠

（許淵衝譯）