詠梅
明 憨山德清大師（1546～1623）

叢林秋已晚，萬木盡凋傷。
獨有寒梅樹，飛來雪裏香。
雪色春已到，寒香夜更清。
一聲幽鳥語，忽使夢魂騖。

──《憨山老人夢遊集》卷四十八

Plum Glory
Hanshan Deqing (1546 - 1623, Ming Dynasty)
English translation: Cindy Choi

Late autumn in the forest,
All trees have withered.
Only plum trees stand braving the cold,
Whose fragrance wafts through drifting snow.
Spring arrives with the scenery of snow,
At night the fragrance of winter more pure.
A serene bird song,
Swiftly awakens my soul from the dream.

── from Hanshan Laoren Mengyou Ji (Collection of Old Man Hanshan’s Dream Travels)