Translation: Wang Wei – Random Poem

Sir, you’ve just arrived from my home town.

All of the local news you surely know.

Tell me, outside the window screen at dawn

Is it too cold for plum blossom to show?

君自故乡来   Jun zi4 gu4 xiang1 lai2

应知故乡事   Ying1 zhi1 gu4 xiang1 shi4

来日绮窗前   lai2 re4 qi3 chuang1 qian2

寒梅着花未  Han2 mei2 zhu4 hua1 wei4

 

Gentleman self hometown come Should know hometown affairs Come day silk window front Cold plum show flower not yet

You also come from my home town, You must know all the home town news. At dawn, before the silken window, Is it too cold for plum blossom to show?