The silence of spring is because I don't want a long stream of water, and the shadow reflected on the water is like sunny days and breezes.
The delicate lotus flower bud shows a sharp corner from the water, and a naughty little dragonfly stands on its head.
Translation:
Spring is silent because it can't stand the thin water flow, and the shade reflects the water because it loves sunny days and the softness of the wind.
The delicate little lotus leaf just emerged from the water with a sharp corner, and a naughty little dragonfly had already stood on it.
Xiaochi is a seven-character quatrain written by Yang Wanli, a poet in Song Dynasty. Yang Wanli wrote more than 20,000 poems in his life, and was praised as a generation of poets. Most of his poems describe natural scenery and are good at it. This poem shows the poet's love for natural scenery by describing ponds, shade trees, lotus flowers and dragonflies.