《村居》－ 高鼎
草长莺飞二月天，
拂堤杨柳醉春烟。
儿童散学归来早，
忙趁东风放纸鸢。
A Seven-Character Quatrain by Gao Ding
(Village Life)
Feb watches green grass grow and finches fly,
Stroking dykes, in vernal mist willows lie.
Lo, children hastening home after school
Can’t wait to bid east wind fly their kites high.
Tr. Ziyuzile
草长莺飞二月天，
拂堤杨柳醉春烟。
儿童散学归来早，
忙趁东风放纸鸢。
A Seven-Character Quatrain by Gao Ding
(Village Life)
Feb watches green grass grow and finches fly,
Stroking dykes, in vernal mist willows lie.
Lo, children hastening home after school
Can’t wait to bid east wind fly their kites high.
Tr. Ziyuzile