Lu Yu: Plum Blossoms: Four-Line Poem

 

Plum Blossoms: Four-Line Poem

 

梅 花: 绝 句
山 月 缟 中 庭
幽 人 酒 初 醒。
不 是 怯 清 寒
愁 踏 梅 花 影。
Mei Hua: Jue Ju

Shan yue gao zhong ting
You ren jiu chu xing.
Bu shi qie qing han
Chou ta mei hua ying.

 

Plum Blossoms: Four-Line Poem

Moon thin white silk, light in the center of the main hall
Hermits beginning to sober up from their wine.
Not afraid of the clear and cold
Sadly walk through the shadows of plum blossoms.