金弓 昨日依然浮綠葉 It was just yester-day Green leaves only on the surface stay'd

《七絕 ‧ 荷花》金弓
  
   昨日依然浮綠葉，
   今晨驚見笑顏開。
   莫非皎月能勾引，
   一朵芙蓉出水來。



28-Character Quatrain: 
Hé Huā: "Lotus Flower"
-- by 金弓 Golden Bow
-- Translated by Frank C Yue

It was just yester-day
Green leaves only on the surface stay'd.
All of a sudden, this morning
I see little lotus blooming.

Could it be that the bright Moon full
Does exert a magical pull?
Hey! A pretty lotus (-- Make room!)
Is breaking water to bloom!