Poems about bamboo for grades 1 to 6: "Bamboo Stone", "Partridge", "Hsinchu", "Bamboo", "Village Dwelling".
Don’t let go of the green hills, and keep your roots in the broken rocks. It has endured thousands of blows but is still strong, regardless of the winds from east to west, north and south. ——"Bamboo and Stone" by Zheng Xie of the Qing Dynasty
Translation: Closely attached to the green mountains, never relax, the bamboo roots penetrate deeply into the gaps in the rocks. After countless hardships, it remains so tenacious, no matter it is east wind, west wind or north and south wind.
2. Warm play, smoke, Wu, brocade and wings are all in order, and the quality should be close to that of a pheasant. The green grass passes by the lake in the dusk of rain, and the flowers fall and sing in the Huangling Temple. When a wanderer first hears that his sleeves are wet, a beautiful woman will sing with her green eyebrows low. The Xiangjiang River is broad and the bitter bamboo clumps are deep, and the sun faces the west. ——Zheng Gu's "Partridge"
Translation: In the warm season, partridges play in the plains with their colorful wings in unison. Their elegance and physical beauty can be close to that of pheasants. At dusk, I flew by Qingcao Lake in the mist and rain, and when the flowers fell, I hid in the cold Huangling Temple and cried. When the wanderer heard this mournful cry, he couldn't help but shed tears on his sleeves. As soon as the beautiful lady started singing the partridge song, her green eyebrows were already low. The cries of partridges on the vast water surface of the Xiangjiang River echo each other. They live in the depths of the bitter bamboo. The red sun has turned to the west.
3. New bamboo branches are higher than old bamboo branches, all because of the support of old branches. Next year there will be another new born, the ten-foot-long dragon grandson will come around Fengchi. ——"Hsinchu" by Zheng Xie of the Qing Dynasty
Translation: New bamboo can surpass the old bamboo entirely because of the growth and nourishment of old bamboo. When new bamboo grows again in the second year, it also begins to breed new bamboo, so that the pond is surrounded by lush young bamboo.
4. One section after another, thousands of branches holding thousands of leaves. Since I don’t bloom, I don’t want to attract bees and butterflies. ——"Bamboo" by Zheng Xie of the Qing Dynasty
Translation: The stems of bamboo are connected one to another, and the thousands of branches and leaves of bamboo are clustered together. I don't go to bloom myself, lest I disturb the bees and butterflies.
5. The water surrounds the field, the bamboo surrounds the fence, and all the elm money falls, and the hibiscus flowers are sparse. There is no one lying on the cow's back at sunset, and the jackdaws return in twos and twos. ——Northern Song Dynasty poet Zhang Shunmin's "Village Residence"
Translation: Running water surrounds the paddy fields, and green bamboos are planted outside the fence; the elm coins have all fallen, and the hibiscus flowers have become sparse. As the sun sets, there is no shepherd boy riding on the back of the cow, only a pair of crows walking on the path back to the village.