The classic and beautiful poems describing May are as follows:
1. The plums drip with acid and splash on the teeth, and the plantains are green and covered with window screens. ——Song Dynasty Yang Wanli's "Early Summer Sleeping"
Translation: After eating the plums, the residual acid still remains between the teeth, and the green of the plantains is reflected on the screen window.
2. In May, the mountains are rainy and hot, and the three peaks are steaming with fire. ——Cen Shen of the Tang Dynasty "Entering Huayue Temple and Visiting Fahua Yun Gong"
Translation: In the hot summer season of May, even the mountain rain is scorching; the clouds above the three peaks seem to be burning with fire.
3. The severe frost withers the osmanthus branches in May, and the injustice in the book's name destroys the two eyebrows. ——"Song of the Heavenly Horse" by Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty
Translation: The severe frost in May has withered the cinnamon branches, and the Heavenly Horse is full of injustice and has no grass to eat.
4. There is a lot of trouble near Baidi City. Who dares to cross Qutang in May? ——"Jingzhou Song" by Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty
Translation: The river beside Baidi City is full of turbulent waves stirred up by the strong wind. Who dares to sail across the Qutang Gorge in May?
5. In May, the south wind blows, and I miss you. ——Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty, "Two Poems on Changqianxing"
Translation: When the south wind blows in May, I miss you right here at Ba Ling.
6. The green poplars are drooping heavily with the rain, and the five-color new silk is wrapped around the rice dumplings. ——Ouyang Xiu, Song Dynasty, "The Fisherman's Proud Pomegranate Blossoms in May"
Translation: The willows are moistened by the drizzle, and the branches and leaves hang low. People wrap Dragon Boat Festival rice dumplings with colorful silk threads.
7. I once heard that when I went to Yuzhou in May, the water poured down the long pavilion. ——Su Shi of the Song Dynasty, "A Letter from Yuzhou to the King"
Translation: I remembered the time I went to Yuzhou in the summer of May and heard the sound of running water under the steps of the Pavilion.
8. The color of bamboo is green all year round, and the shade of pine trees makes it cool in May. ——Pan Chun of the Yuan Dynasty, "Inscribed on Yang Jizi's Shuibei Mountain House in Yuzhang"
Translation: Bamboo is green all year round, and tall pines become forests in the cool of May.
9. In May, pomegranate flowers illuminate your eyes, and you can see the seeds emerging among the branches. ——Han Yu of the Tang Dynasty, "Inscribed on Zhang Shiyi Hostel with Three Ode to Purivine Flowers"
Translation: The fiery durian flowers in May are particularly vivid, and the first small fruits can often be seen among the branches and leaves.
10. The jade flute is played in the Yellow Crane Tower, and the plum blossoms fall in May in Jiangcheng. ——Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty "Listening to the Flute Playing on the Yellow Crane Tower with Shi Lang Zhongqin"
Translation: The flute sound of "Plum Blossoms Fall" seems to be seeing plum blossoms falling in the river city in May.