1. Red beans grow in the south, and a few branches will appear in spring. I hope you will pick more of them, this is the most loved thing. ——"Lovesickness" by Wang Wei of Tang Dynasty
Vernacular translation: Red beans grow in the land of the South, and they grow countless new branches every spring. I hope you can collect them as much as you can, because they are the best way to express your love.
2. People on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are harvesting red beans after a light rain, and their bare hands are raised under the trees. ——"Nanxiangzi·Road into Nanzhong" Ouyang Jiong
Vernacular translation: After a light rain, every family gathered red beans. Their slender hands were spread under the trees, and they were as white as jade.
3. A tree of peach blossoms flies with snow, and red beans are darkly knotted with lovesickness. ——"Qing Ping Le·Evening Orioles" Southern Song Dynasty? Zhou Mi
Vernacular translation: The red peach petals from a tree fell like snow flakes, secretly forming a feeling of lovesickness.
4. Luo Dai is fragrant, just like the red beans in farewell. ——"Jiuquanzi Luodai brings fragrance" by Wen Tingyun of the Tang Dynasty
Vernacular translation: Luodai brings fragrance, and is also tied with the acacia beans given to me when we parted.
5. The lotus leaks three times and half a candle is lit, and the apricot blossoms are wet with the light rain. The red beans will be remembered as boring. ——"Huanxi Sha, Lotus Leak, Three Sounds of Candles and Half a Candle" by Nalan Xingde in the Qing Dynasty
Vernacular translation: The night is deep, I am silently waiting for the weeping candle, and the spring rain is falling bit by bit. Wet the red flowers, and the southern red beans sent from far away cause complaints due to the sorrow of separation.