Grasshoppers fly in February,
The willows on the embankment are drunk with spring smoke.
The children came back from school early,
Dongfeng is busy, flying kites.
[Author]
Gao Ding (the year of birth and death is unknown) was born in Qiantang (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang) and was a poet in the Qing Dynasty.
[Notes]
1. Brush the embankment: It describes that the willow branches are long and drooping, as if touching the embankment.
2. drunk: used as a verb, that is, intoxicated.
3. Spring smog: The fog evaporated between Shui Ze and the vegetation.
4. Paper kite: kite: an eagle; Kites are kites.
[translation]
The grass is green and the orioles are flying. It is early spring in February, and the willows gently brushing the shore are intoxicated by the smoke. The children in the country came back from school early. They flew kites happily in the east wind.
What the author shows in his poem is the beautiful scenery in early spring and February. The first two sentences describe the natural scenery in the south of the Yangtze River in February, and personify the still willow with a word "fu" and a word "drunk". The last two sentences describe children.
The scene of children flying kites after school depicts the innocence of children and reflects the vitality of spring.