Poetry of Spring #3 Spring is colorful!

(Title)

chūn rì

春 日

(Author) zhū xī

          ----朱 熹

shèng rì xún fāng sì shuǐ bīn，wú biān guāng jǐng yī shí xīn。
胜日寻芳泗水滨，无边光景一时新。

děng xián shí dé dōng fēng miàn，wàn zǐ qiān hóng zǒng shì chūn。
等闲识得东风面，万紫千红总是春。

(Translation)

春日: spring time

胜日: sunny days

寻芳: go onto a field trip, it's common for ancient Chinese poets to go out and enjoy the spring in the wild

泗水: Si River, a river in Shandong Province

滨: edge of the river

无边: meaning that the field was so big that you cannot see the limit/edge

光景: scenery

一时新: take on a completely new look

等闲: easy

识得: can recognize

东风: wind blowing from the east, referring to the wind of spring

面: appearance

万/千: meaning a lot

紫/红: purple/red, referring to colorful flowers

总是: always

(Appreciation)

On a sunny day in spring, I went out onto a field trip next to the Si River. The field was so big that I could not see the edge of it. Since spring time, the scenery had completely changed and now it looked so refreshing! It's easy to recognize the change that the spring wind had brought to this field. So many colorful flowers were blooming, suggesting that spring was here!

Poetry of Spring #2 Spring is coming! It's getting so green!

(Title)

yǒng liǔ

咏 柳

       (Author) hè zhī zhāng

                 ----贺 知 章

bì yù zhuāng chéng yī shù gāo， 

碧玉妆成一树高， 

wàn tiáo chuí xià lǜ sī tāo。 

万条垂下绿丝绦。 

bù zhī xì yè shuí cái chū，
不知细叶谁裁出，

èr yuè chūn fēng sì jiǎn dāo。

二月春风似剪刀。

(Translation)

柳: willow

碧玉: green jade, referring to the green leaves in the poem

妆: decorate

数: trees

高: tall

万条: a lot of branches

垂下: droop

丝绦: silk, referring to the willow branches

不知: do not know

细叶: thin leaves

裁: cut

二月: February

春风: wind in the spring

似: is like

剪刀: scissors

(Appreciation)

The willows are covered by green leaves already. A lot of green branches are drooping. I don't know who's so skilled to cut these leaves into this shape. However, the spring wind in the February is like a pair of scissors. The poem described that spring is coming so quickly and all the willows just turned green without noticing.

Poetry of Spring #1 When can I go home?

(Title)
bó chuán guā zhōu
泊 船 瓜 洲

                 (Author) wáng ān shí
                            ----王安石

jīng kǒu guā zhōu yī shuǐ jiān，
京 口 瓜 洲 一 水 间，

zhōng shān zhǐ gé shù chóng shān。
钟 山 只 隔 数 重 山。

chūn fēng yòu lǜ jiāng nán àn，
春 风 又 绿 江 南 岸，

míng yuè hé shí zhào wǒ huán。
明 月 何 时 照 我 还。

(Translation)

泊船: anchoring the boat
瓜洲: Guazhou, a town in the Song Dynasty, now it's in Yangzhou City
京口: Jingkou, a city in the Song Dynasty, now it's in Zhenjiang City
一水: a river
钟山: a mountain, now it's Zijin Mountain in Nanjing City
隔: behind
数重山: a few mountains
春风: wind in the spring
绿: make it green

江南: an area, referring to the South of the country
明月: the moon
何时: when
还: go back home


(Appreciation)
There's only one river seperate Jingkou and Guazhou. My hometown is behind a few mountains. The spring wind is blowing again, making the field look so green! When can I go back home in this moonlight?