Fan Chengda: Snowy Plum Blossoms

Snowy Plum Blossoms: Partridge Sky

鹧 鸪 天

压 蕊 拈 须 粉 作 团
疏 香 辛 苦 颤 朝 寒。
须 知 风 月 寻 常 见
不 似 层 层 带 雪 看。

春 髻 重, 晓 眉 弯
一 枝 斜 并 缕 金 幡。
酒 红 不 解 东 风 冻
惊 钗 头 玉 燕 干。

Zhe Gu Tian

Ya rui nian xu fen zuo tuan
Shu xiang xin ku chan zhao han.
Xu zhi feng yue xun chang jian
Bu si ceng ceng dai xue kan.

Chun ji chong, xiao mei wan.
Yi zhi xie bing lu jin fan.
Jiu hong bu jie dong feng dong
Jing chai tou yu yan gan.

Snowy Plum Blossoms: Partridge Sky

Crushed stamens like balls of powder
Scattered fragrances have difficulty breaking through the shivering cold of dawn.
Must realize one can always see beautiful scenery
Nothing like seeing the layers upon layers of snow.

Spring hopes come again, at dawn eyebrows curve upwards
One slanting branch seems to hold golden thread pennants.
Red wine cannot dispel the freezing east wind
Startled swallows along with the jade hairpins.