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Plum Blossom Quatrain, No. 1
闻道梅花坼晓风
I hear plum blossoms open in the dawn wind;
雪堆遍满四山中
Like heaps of snow they fill the hills all around.
何方可化身千亿
How could I become a billion versions of myself,
一树梅前一放翁
One old Fangweng before every plum tree?
Meaning
News of plum blossoms opening in the dawn breeze makes the hills seem piled with snow. The poet wishes for countless copies of himself, one before every tree, expressing boundless delight.
About the poet
Lu You was a Song poet known as Fangweng. His delight in plum blossom becomes an extravagant wish to be everywhere at once.