Red Peonies
红 芍 药
芍 药 绽 红 绡
巴 篱 织 青 琐。
繁 丝 蹙 金 蕊
高 焰 当 炉 火。
剪 刻 彤 云 片
开 张 赤 霜 裹。
烟 轻 琉 璃 叶
风 亚 珊 瑚 朵。
爱 露 色 低 迷
向 人 娇 婀 娜
酡 颜 醉 后 并
小 女 妆 成 坐。
艳 艳 锦 不 如
天 天 桃 未 可。
晴 霞 畏 欲 散
晚 日 愁 将 堕。
结 植 本 为 谁
赏 心 期 在 我。
采 之 谅 多 思
幽 赠 何 由 果。
Hong Shao Yao
Shao yao zhan hong xiao
Ba li zhi qing suo.
Fan si cu jin rui
Gao yan dang lu huo.
Jian ke tong yun pian
Kai zhang chi shuang guo.
Yan qing liu li ye
Feng ya shan hu duo.
Ai lu se di mi
Xiang ren jiao e nuo.
Tuo yan zui hou bing
Xiao nu zhung cheng zuo.
Yan yan ljin bu ru
Tian tian tao wei ke.
Qing xia wei yu san
Wan ri chou jiang duo.
Jie zhi ben wei shei
Shang xin qi zai wo.
Cai zhi liang duo si
You zeng he you guo.
Red Peonies
Peonies burst out like red silk
Close to a humble, low and woven green fence.
Golden stamens pressed together like braided silk
On fire, blazing from a stove inferno.
Each cut remnant resembles pieces of dark red clouds
Escaping a frozen wrap, a display of blooming light red.
In a light mist, the leaves a colored glaze
A weak breeze stirs the blossoms to appear and match coral.
Later fascinated by their influence from raindrop effects
Delicate with the lithe and graceful children.
After getting drunk, flush female complexions copy their colors
Small girls wearing their first make-up take a seat.
Not unlike fresh and attractive brocade
Feeling compared to the reddish peach tree buds.
Admire the rosy clouds of dawn dissipating
Later in the day all sorrows will have sunk.
Your roots and flowers made for whom
Together we admire and enjoy each other.
Thinking of gathering your many flowers upon a request
Have you sent to me this gift for what was done in the past.