Now It Is Cool
English translation and interpretation are being reviewed.
猩色屏风画折枝。
八尺龙须方锦褥，
已凉天气未寒时。
English translation
Beyond the green railings the embroidered blind hangs low, a vermilion screen painted with broken branches.
An eight-foot dragon-whisker mat, a square brocade quilt, the weather is already cool, though not yet cold.
Meaning
Beyond the green railing the embroidered curtain hangs low, and crimson screens are painted with grasses and flowers. A mat woven of dragon's-beard grass is spread with a brocade quilt; the weather has turned cool, though the cold has not yet come.
Background
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This poem should be dated to a time before Han Wo was demoted; its exact date is unknown. It is a love poem. Han Wo's Fragrant Casket Collection contains many poems reflecting love between men and women, and this is the most widely cherished of them all.