Ancient Poetry Spring Dawn Ancient Poetry Spring Dawn

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"Spring Dawn" was written by Meng Haoran, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, when he was living in seclusion in Lumen Mountain. The poet seized the moment when he just woke up in the spring morning to make associations and describe A gorgeous picture of spring morning expresses the poet's beautiful mood of loving spring and cherishing spring. Original text:

"Spring Dawn"

Tang Dynasty

Meng Haoran

I sleep in spring without realizing the dawn, and hear the singing of birds everywhere.

The sound of wind and rain at night makes one know how many flowers have fallen.

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Notes:

⑴ Xiao: morning, dawn, when it is just dawn.

⑵Wen: hear. Birdsong: Birdsong, the cry of birds.

⑶Ye Lai: Last night.

⑷How much do you know: I don’t know how many there are. Zhi: I don’t know, expressing speculation.

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Translation:

I slept soundly on a spring night and didn’t know when it would be dawn. When I woke up, I only heard the chirping of birds everywhere.

Remembering the sound of wind and rain last night, I wonder how many flowers were knocked down?