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[明]唐伯虎
昨夜海棠初着雨，
数点轻盈娇欲语。
佳人晓起出兰房[1]，
折来对镜化红妆。
问郎花好奴颜好，
郎道不如花窈窕[2]。
佳人闻语发娇嗔，
不信死花胜活人。
将花揉碎掷郎前，
请郎今日伴花眠！
注释：
[1]兰房：雅致的居室。
[2]窈窕：形容女子美好、文静的样子。
The Crab-apple Flower
Tang Bohu
The crab-apple flower sprinkled with rain last night
Drop on drop appears intoxicating to sight.
The early rising belle goes from her bower
For her make-up to pluck the gleaming flower.
She asks her love if it’s fair as her face,
He says he favors its attractive grace.
It arouses her coquettish displeasure:
“Could it vie in beauty with living treasure?”
She kneads it and throws it onto his face:
“Could you pass the night in its embrace?”
