梅花 Plum blossoms

王安石

Wang Anshi (1021-1086)

墙角数枝梅,

凌寒独自开。

遥知不是雪,

为有暗香来。

At the foot of the wall, a few sprigs of plum blossom

are opening alone in the cold packed ice.

Yet still from a distance you can tell they’re not snow

by the faint scent that’s there, floating by.

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