Cherry and Peach Tree Blossoms
樱 桃 花
借 暖 冲 寒 不 用 媒
勺 朱 勺 粉 最 先 来。
玉 梅 一 见 怜 痴 小
教 问 傍 边 自 在 开。
Ying Tao Hua
Jie nuan chong han bu yong mei
Shao zhu shao fen zui xian lai.
Yu mei yi jian lian chi xiao
Jiao wen bang bian zi zai kai.
Cherry and Peach Tree Blossoms
These trees take advantage of occasional cold spells to cross pollinate
In small amounts the reddish and powdered pollen arrives early.
One can sympathize with a lot of small, jade-like plum trees
While the nearby cherry trees seem to ask them to bud out too.