Cornel Dogwood Grove
bearing
fruit it’s vermilion & green,
as
if its blossoms opened anew—
to
keep your guest in these mountains
offer
him this hibiscus cup
Translation by Jack Hayes © 2017
based on Wang Wei: 茱萸沜
zhū yú pàn
Image links to its source in Wiki Commons:
Cornus officinalis's fruits;
photo by Dalgial, who makes
it available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unportedlicense.
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