Before the Cold Weather: Diminished Tree Peony Flowers
减 字 木 兰 花
腊 前 三 白
春 到 西 园 还 见 雪。
红 紫 花 迟
借 作 东 风 万 玉 枝。
归 田 计 决
麦 饭 熟 时 应 快 活。
身 在 高 楼
心 在 山 阴 一 叶 舟。
Jian Zi Mu Lan Hua
La qian san bai
Chun dao xi yuan huan jiang xue.
Hon zi hua chi
Jie zuo dong feng wan yu zhi.
Gui tian ji jue
Mai fan shu shi ying kuai huo.
Shen zai gao lou
Xin zai shan yin yi ye zhou.
Before the Cold Weather: Diminished Tree Peony Flowers
Before the cold weather season, have had three snowfalls
Spring arrives with snow still on the western garden ground.
Red and purple flowers are late
East wind rising, branches like hundreds of jade fragments.
I have decided to return to my hometown fields
Should be happy with the cooked rice and ground grain meal.
Life now around tall government towers
My heart and mind inside one little hometown boat.