神仙昨日降都門，種得藍田玉一盆。

自是霜娥偏愛冷，非關倩女欲離魂。

秋陰捧出何方雪？雨漬添來隔宿痕。

卻喜詩人吟不倦，肯令寂寞度朝昏？

Ode to Begonia (The Story of the Stone) by Cao Xueqin 

Yesterday, an immortal came down to my door,

Who planted, in a pot, Blue-Field-Jade seeds galore.

The love of Frost-goddess clings to cold, which differs

From a girl’s love, whose soul to her beau, and what’s more,

O, from where did autumn-clouds bring such icy snow?

Last night rain gave her teary grace all adore.

So glad poet and poetess tirelessly chant,

For who’d day and night let her have a lonely core?

Tr. Ziyuzile

(To be revised)