Picture credit: National Palace Museum, Taipei
和颸蕩漾敷花塢，
紅杏翩翻錦萼舒。
好雨初沾益繁茂，
明霞灼爍浥滋餘。[1]
雨水二候杏花
Gentle breezes undulating across the flowery vale,
Red apricot blossoms flutter briskly, unfurling [their] embroidered calyxes.
Dampened by fine rain, [they] thrive even more,
[Like] the blaze of vivid rosy clouds after a pleasant shower.
The second pentad after Rain Water: apricot blossoms
淡雅纖穠颺細芬，
素紈薄剪散輕雲。
玉京仙子來瑤闕，
披拂如聞柏麝薰。
雨水三候李花
Elegant and dainty, spraying a delicate scent,
The thin cuts of plain white silk spread out into light clouds.
Immortal ladies from the Jade Capital [2] come to the alabaster tower,
Leaving the incense of cypress and musk in their wake.
The third pentad after Rain Water: plum blossoms
[1] Coloured characters rhyme. [2] In the Daoist tradition, Yujing 玉京 (Jade Capital) is where the Lord of Heaven lives.
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