1. "Spring Poems"
Tang Dynasty: Liu Yuxi
New makeup is suitable for facing the Zhulou Tower, deeply locked in the spring scenery and the sorrow of the courtyard.
Walking to the atrium and counting flowers, dragonflies flew up to the jade and scratched their heads.
Translation: Wearing heavy makeup and dressed up, we went down to the red building, looking deep into the courtyard. Although the spring scenery was beautiful, it only made me sad. I walked to the courtyard to check out the newly bloomed flowers, and a dragonfly flew affectionately to the hosta.
2. "Pastoral Miscellany in Four Seasons·Part 2"
Song Dynasty: Fan Chengda
The plums are golden, the apricots are fat, and the wheat flowers, snow and white cauliflower are sparse.
No one passes by the fence as the day progresses, only dragonflies and butterflies fly.
Translation: The plums on the trees turned golden, and the apricots grew bigger and bigger; the buckwheat flowers were all white, while the rapeseed flowers looked sparse. As the day grows longer, the shadow of the fence becomes shorter and shorter as the sun rises, and no one passes; only dragonflies and butterflies fly around the fence.
3. "Little Pond"
Song Dynasty: Yang Wanli
The spring silently cherishes the trickle, and the shade of the tree shines on the water, loving the clear and soft water.
The little lotus has just revealed its sharp corners, and a dragonfly has already stood on it.
Translation: The spring is quiet because it is reluctant to let go of the thin water, and the shade of the trees reflected on the water is because it loves the sunny weather and the gentle wind. As soon as the delicate little lotus leaf revealed its sharp corners from the water, there was already a naughty little dragonfly standing on it.
4. "Two Songs from Qujiang"
Tang Dynasty: Du Fu
A flying flower reduces spring, and thousands of points are floating in the wind, which makes people sad.
Look at the eyes full of lust, don’t be afraid of getting too much wine into your lips.
The small hall on the river is nesting with emeralds, and the lace-edged high tomb is filled with unicorns.
If you think about physics carefully, you must enjoy yourself. Why bother with a false name?
I wear spring clothes every day when I return to the dynasty, and I return drunk from the river head every day.
Drinking debts are commonplace, but rare in the past seventy years.
You can see the butterflies deeply through the flowers, and the dragonflies are flying in the water.
The scenery of Chuanxiang is constantly changing. For the time being, we should appreciate each other and do not contradict each other.
Translation: A falling petal makes people feel that the beauty of spring has diminished. Nowadays, the wind knocks thousands of flowers to the ground. How can it not make people worried? Let’s watch the dying flowers fly by in front of our eyes, and we no longer feel tired of drinking too much wine. The emerald bird makes its nest in the building on Qujiang River, and the stone unicorn that used to be so majestic now lies on the ground.
If you carefully study the reasons for the rise and fall of things, you should enjoy yourself in time. Why should you let vain honor constrain yourself? After returning from the previous court, he pawned his spring clothes every day. The money he got in exchange went to Jiangtou to buy wine every day, and he refused to come back until he was drunk. Drinking debts are common everywhere. It is a common and trivial matter. It is rare in ancient times for people to live to be seventy years old.
But I saw butterflies shuttling back and forth in the depths of the flowers, and dragonflies flying across the water, tapping the water from time to time. Send a message to Chunguang, let me stay with Chunguang. Although we are temporarily complimentary, don't break it!
5. "Linping Daozhong"
Song Dynasty: Dao Qian
Fengpu hunts to find out the softness, but the dragonfly is not free to stand.
On the lower road of Linping Mountain in May, there are countless lotus flowers all over Tingzhou.
Translation: The cattails grow tender and long by the water. The breeze blows, and the cattail leaves sway in various shapes, making hunting sounds, showing off its light body and graceful dancing posture. The dragonfly flew over and wanted to stay on the tips of the cattail leaves, but it could not stand freely. During the fifth month of the lunar calendar, when walking on the road at the foot of Linping Mountain, you can admire the many bright lotus flowers blooming on the water between Tingzhou.