Blue, blue is the grass about the river
And the willows have overfilled the close garden.
And within, the mistress, in the midmost of her youth,
White, white of face, hesitates, passing the door.
Chinese does not distinguish “blue” and “green” as separate colors, rather as shades of the same color. 
 蓝色: blue 
 绿色: green 
 It’s logical to translate the grass as being “green”, because that’s the colour we’d call it in English, but Pound opts for blue (following the glosses he had from Fenollosa), which helps carry the river’s color onto its surroundings, like a watercolor painting. 
