Far away in the lonely mountains, this bashful visitor is quick to wither and fall. The osmanthus 'flowers are not like the camellias or dahlias of spring which attract by their color; nor are her leaves like the banana or lotus in summer, which offer drums to the rain.
空山跡遠，情疏易落，她的花既不如春天的山茶牡丹，以色媚人；她的葉更不像夏日的芭蕉翠蓋，招搖雨聲。