《赏海棠花妖诗》出自第九十四回，共有三首，这首《赏海棠花妖诗·草木逢春当茁芽》就是其中之一，为贾环所作。

《红楼梦》·《宴海棠赏花诗·其一》

草木逢春当茁芽，海棠未发候偏差。

人间奇事知多少，冬月开花独我家。

Plants should put out buds in spring.

Our crab tree’s topsy-turvy.

Of all the wonders of the world,

Ours is the only winter-flowering tree.

（David Hawkes 译）

When plants and trees meet the Spring they ought to put forth their shoots.

The hai-t’ang did not open, waiting for something different.

Among men I know that there are a number of wonderful things.

In the tenth month for flowers to open is only in our family.

（B.S. Bonsall 译）

Crab-apples should burgeon in the spring,

But ours were bare this year.

The world is full of strange phenomena,

Yet only here do winter blooms appear.

（杨宪益、戴乃迭 译）

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