<span class="chinese-post-title">江濱梅</span> A Riverbank Wintersweet Tree by <span class="chinese-post-title">王適</span> Wáng Shì

江濱梅

忽見寒梅樹，
開花漢水濱。
不知春色早，
疑是弄珠人。

王適

Of a sudden in sight, a wintersweet tree,
By the bank of the River Han, in bloom.
Not knowing spring hues could arrive this early,
To have thought ’twere a pearl maid --- I so assume.

Translated by Andrew W.F. Wong 黃宏發