Famous lines from ancient poems that describe rain scenes and express feelings about rain include:
1. During the yellow plum season, it rains everywhere, and there are frogs everywhere in the grassy ponds. ——Zhao Shixiu's "A Visit/Appointment"
Translation: When the plums turn yellow, every house is shrouded in the rain, and the sound of frogs can be heard from the edge of the grass-covered pond.
2. When the rain stopped, the lotus flowers smelled fragrant, and the cicadas were noisy and the poplars were weeping on the shore. ——Yan Xuan's "Linjiangxian·The strong fragrance of lotus and rhizome after the rain stops"
Translation: After the rain stops, the lotus and water chestnut flowers emit a strong fragrance, and cicadas are chirping on the weeping willows on the bank. .
3. Spring is late when the swallows do not return, and the apricot blossoms are cold in the misty rain. ——Dai Shulun's "Su Xi Pavilion"
Translation: Spring comes a little late, and the swallows have not returned yet; misty mist and rain cover a sandbank, and the apricot blossoms feel cold in the steep spring breeze.
4. The deep courtyard is locked at dusk, and there are bursts of banana rain. ——Ouyang Xiu's "Sheng Chazi·Bashfully Treating the Cuihuita"
Translation: The courtyard is deep, locking in the loneliness and dusk, and the sound of the sad rain beating the bananas.
5. The sound of rain all night is so cool that I dream about it, and autumn is coming on thousands of lotus leaves. ——Chen Wenshu's "Summer Poems"
Translation: The sound of rain this night is really pleasant, it brings the coolness into my dreams; on the boundless lotus leaves, the sound of rain patters, The coolness of the early days brings the feeling of autumn to people.