风烛残年

shì zhe liǎo jiě wǒ yǐ shì fēng zhú cán nián lái rì kě shǔ

试着了解我已是风烛残年，来日可数。

Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived.

zhè xiē sǐ de cǎn xiàng jiù xiàng jīng xīn dòng pò de zhōng shēng jǐng gào wǒ zhè fēng zhú cán nián kuài yào bù jiǔ yú rén shì le

这些死的惨象就像惊心动魄的钟声，警告我这风烛残年，快要不久于人世了。

This sight of death is as a bell, that warns my old age to a sepulchre.

ài mò shēng zài fēng zhú cán nián shí xīn jìng qū yú píng hé

爱默生在风烛残年时心境趋于平和。

Emerson at the extreme end of his life turned soft.