October 03rd, 2025

枝枝露滴紫金盤，千葉葳蕤勝合歡。
花萼同心兄弟似，殷勤簪向禦風冠。

As dews drop from every branch
into the cinnabar dish,
the thousand leaves are too lush
for the pink silk trees to reach

Like brothers, a core marrow
are shared by the twin sepals:
I will pin this fervor on
the crown known as Yu Feng Guan.
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《從弟某折並蒂石榴花簪予冠側請作詩 其一》
One of the poems: Breaking a sprig of twin pomegranate blossoms from my younger brother’s tree to wear it on my headwear
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By Qu, Daju 屈大均 |  Translation by Eric Chengyang
17th century, Late Ming-Early Qing dynasties, China 明末清初