惊时最是梅。
衔霜当路发，
Plum-blossoms catch the eyes at earliest date. They start to bud along the road in frost,
映雪拟寒开。
枝横却月观，
Blooming in the cold with snow as its mate. The temples are surrounded by their twigs;
花绕凌风台。
朝酒长门泣，
The terraces are encircled by their bloom. At this sight, Sima Xiangru wrote sad poems
夕驻临邛桥。
应知早飘落，
And happy poems as well, I can presume. Plum-blossoms know that they're the first to fall,
故逐上春来。
Therefore, they are the first spring blooms of all.