Tang Yuefu Meng Jiao
The thread in the hand of the kind mother, the clothes of the wanderer (1).
She sewed carefully and thoroughly for fear of staying late.
Whoever says an inch of grass (3) will enjoy three rays of spring (4).
Precautions:
1, vagrant: a person who travels far away. Yin said.
2, fear: worry.
3, inch grass: grass, metaphor drifting.
4. Sanchunhui: refers to the kindness of loving mothers. Sanchun: Spring lasts for three months. Formerly known as Meng Chun in the first month of the lunar calendar, mid-spring in February and Ji Chun in March; Hui, sunshine; Describe maternal love as the warm sunshine in spring.
5, return: come back, go home.
Translation:
The kind mother has a needle and thread in her hand.
In order to make new clothes for children who travel far away.
Before she left, she was busy sewing.
Worried that the child will come back late.
Who can say that a son is as filial as grass,
Can you repay the kindness of a loving mother like Chunhui?