The La Festival
On the La Festival in ordinary years warm weather is still far away,
this year on the La Festival the ice has entirely melted.
Subduing the color of snow the yellow daylily returns,
in the light of spring leaking through there are fronds[1] of willows.
To have ale as I please I will plan a good night to get drunk,
I return home, having just concluded dawn court at Zichen Palace.
A chap-balm for lips and face cream came with imperial grace,
in an azure tube and silver ewer[2] descending from the nine-tiered heavens.
单词释义
[1] frond [frɒnd] n. (尤指棕榈类或蕨类的) 叶; 蕨叶;
[2] ewer [ˈjuːə] n. (旧时提水用的) 大口水壶,大口水罐;