The Chrysanthemum Tea 菊花茶
The night very quiet I was a littke tired. Making a cup of tea with dry chrysanthemums, wolfberries and honey; admiring the petals opening slowly in the water; taking a sip at the fine tea then those chrysanthemums blossomed in my heart. Remembered the line in Yueyang Tower "When I got the top of the tower drinking in the gentle breeze I would forget sorrow and joy and feel refreshment."
夜很静，我泡了一杯白菊花茶，放了点枸杞和蜂蜜。欣赏着那些花瓣在水中慢慢地舒展开来，品一口香甜的茶水，那些菊花便开在了我的心里。不觉想起《岳阳楼记》中的几句诗：“登斯楼也，则有心旷神怡，宠辱偕忘，把酒临风，其喜洋洋者矣。”
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The Chrysanthemum Tea 菊花茶
The night was very quiet and I was a little tired. So I made Making a cup of tea with dry chrysanthemum tea with s, wolfberries and honey; I admired the chrysanthemum petals opening slowly unfurling in the water; I took taking a sip of at the fine tea. then those chrysanthemums blossomed in My heart blossomed like the flower in the tea. I thought/recalled of Remembered the line in the poem of Yueyang Tower "When I got to the top of the tower drinking in the gentle breeze I would forget sorrow and joy and feel a sense of refreshment."詩情翻鐸版
夜很静，A quiet night 我泡了一杯白菊花茶，A cup of chrysanthenmum tea I made, 放了点枸杞和蜂蜜。Into it went were the wolfberries and honey. 欣赏着那些花瓣在水中慢慢地舒展开来，Such is the joy to see the flower buds unfurling slowly in the water. 品一口香甜的茶水，The superior fragrance of the tea 那些菊花便开在了我的心里。made my heart bloomed like those buds in the water 不觉想起 Unwittingly《岳阳楼记》中的几句诗：the lines of the Account of the Yueyang Tower I recalled, “登斯楼也，Ascending this tower, 则有心旷神怡，My heart a bliss 宠辱偕忘，All joys and sorrows forgotten 把酒临风，A toast to the wind其喜洋洋者矣。Oh let it be the joy”
日常英文翻鐸版 A quiet night and so I made myself a cup of chrysanthenmum tea with wolfberries and honey. I admired how the flower buds slowly unfurled in the water. Ah, the superior fragrance of the tea made me think of the lines from "An account of the Yueyang Tower", "..."
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The Chrysanthemum Tea 菊花茶
The night was very quiet and I was a little tired. While making a cup of tea with dry chrysanthemums, wolfberries and honey I admired the petals opening slowly in the water. I took a sip at of the fine tea then and those chrysanthemums blossomed in my heart. I remembered (a better word to use here is 'recalled') the a line verse in from "Memorial to Yueyang Tower" - "When I got to the top of the tower drinking in the gentle breeze I would forget sorrow and joy and feel refreshment."夜很静，我泡了一杯白菊花茶，放了点枸杞和蜂蜜。欣赏着那些花瓣在水中慢慢地舒展开来，品一口香甜的茶水，那些菊花便开在了我的心里。不觉想起《岳阳楼记》中的几句诗：“登斯楼也，则有心旷神怡，宠辱偕忘，把酒临风，其喜洋洋者矣。”
A few tweaks here and there but it was a fair effort. I assumed you referred to Memorial to the Yueyang Tower (Yueyang Louji) by Fang Zhongyan. Can you provide a link to the best English translation of that poem. I'd read it long ago and loved it but can't find one now. Personally, I never liked the smell of the tea made from Twinnings Chrysanthemum teabags. Love the Dark Tea, though.
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