durian

《流連》To linger on.
左秉隆 Tso Ping Lung (1850–1924)

南有喬⽊，實⼤⽿圓。nán yǒu qiáo mù， shí dà ěr yuán
殼如蝟縮，⽟粒珠編。ké rú wèi suō， yù lì zhū biān
初聞欲嘔，⻝久彌鮮。chū wén yù ǒu， shí jiǔ mí xiān
不亦宜乎，名⽈流連。bù yì yí hū， míng yuē liú lián

A tall tree of the south,
its fruit is huge, its sprouts round.
Its shell resembles a hedgehog rolling into a ball,
And its flesh is like an array of pearls and jade beads.
When you first smell it, your gut may wrench,
But as you savour it, its flavour grows on you.
Is it not appropriate then,
To call it “liulian”?