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春 晓
Chūn xiăo
生词(shēngcí) Vocabulary:
1.眠(mián): n sleeping
2.春晓(chūnxiăo): n the morning in spring; "晓" means dawn.
3.不觉(bùjué): v not aware of…
4.闻啼鸟(wén tí niăo): v hearing the voice of the birds; "闻" means hearing.
English translation:
A Spring Morning
Meng Haoran
I awake light-hearted this morning of spring,
Everywhere round me the singing of birds.
But now I remember the night, the storm,
And I wonder how many blossoms were broken.
Author Brief
Meng Haoran (689~740), a famous poem in the climax of Tang Dynasty, was good at writing pastoral poems.