Regret for Peony Flowers Bai Juyi

惜牡丹花

惆怅阶前红牡丹

晚来唯有两枝残

明靻风起应吹尽

夜惜衰红把火看

Xi Mû Dan Hua

Chóu chang jié gián hóng mu dãn

Wän lái wei you liäng zhi cán

Ming zhão feng qi ying chui jin

Yè xi shuai hóng bä hud kän

Melancholy steps before red peonies
Evening come only be two branches remain
Bright morning wind start cope blow exhaust
Night regret decline red hold fire look    I'm saddened by the peonies before the steps, so red,
As evening came I found that only two remained.
Once morning's winds have blown, they surely won't survive,
At night I gaze by lamplight, to cherish the fading red.