Tang Yun唐韵

No. 20 · Five-character quatrain

相思

Yearning

Xiāng Sī

by Wang Wei 王维 · 699 – 761

  • Love
  • Spring
  • South
红豆生南国Red beans grow in the southern land;
春来发几枝when spring comes, how many sprigs?
愿君多采撷I hope you will gather plenty —
此物最相思of all things, this one remembers love.