Qiu Jin: The Azalea

杜鹃花

秋瑾

杜鹃花发杜鹃啼，似血如朱一抹齐。

应是留春留不住，夜深风露也寒凄。

The Azalea

Qiu Jin

The azaleas turning red, cuckoos are to sing,

Either blood or red is like the same thing.

We have no way to have kept spring stay,

At midnight the windy dews drop coldly.

（朱曼华 译）