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探春海棠诗

斜阳寒草带重门，苔翠盈铺雨后盆。

玉是精神难比洁，雪为肌骨易销魂。

芳心一点娇无力，倩影三更月有痕。

莫谓缟仙能羽化，多情伴我咏黄昏。

Begonia

By Tanchun 

Inside multiple gates are crisp weeds under twilight,

Flower pots are cloaked with moss, still drizzles light. 

White jade fails to match with floral purity, 

Snowy blossom enchants ever so fine. 

Thin tenderness barely stands a whiff of breeze,

A fair silhouette looms under charming moonlight. 

Declare not that a maiden transforms yet into an angel, 

Begonia and I are caroling to the dusk so sublime.