君自故乡来
You have come from my home place,
应知故乡事
So you should know its news.
来日绮窗前
On the day you left, before the carved window,
寒梅著花未
Had the winter plum begun to bloom?
What the poem means
Meeting someone from home, the poet asks one small question: has the plum tree by the carved window bloomed? A familiar detail carries the feeling of missing home.
Meet the poet
Wang Wei was a Tang poet. A question about a plum tree by the window carries the feeling of home.
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