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Sleeping in spring, I do not notice dawn; everywhere I hear birds calling.
Plain meaningSpring arrives gently in light, sleep, and birdsong.
English wording on Gu Ren Said is an original reading aid, not a claim that there is only one valid literary translation.
A fine rain softens the capital streets like cream; from afar the grass is green, yet up close it seems absent.
Plain meaningSpring is beginning so quietly that change is easier to see from a distance.
English wording on Gu Ren Said is an original reading aid, not a claim that there is only one valid literary translation.
I stop the carriage because I love the evening maple woods; frost-red leaves are brighter than flowers of the second month.
Plain meaningAutumn can be as vivid and beautiful as spring.
English wording on Gu Ren Said is an original reading aid, not a claim that there is only one valid literary translation.
We look at each other without tiring—only Mount Jingting and I.
Plain meaningNature can be the companion that never exhausts you.
English wording on Gu Ren Said is an original reading aid, not a claim that there is only one valid literary translation.
A crane rises through the clouds in the clear sky, carrying poetic feeling into the blue heights.
Plain meaningAutumn can lift the spirit instead of making it fall.
English wording on Gu Ren Said is an original reading aid, not a claim that there is only one valid literary translation.
In a lone boat, an old man in a straw cape fishes alone in the snowy river cold.
Plain meaningOne person remains steady in a vast and empty winter world.
English wording on Gu Ren Said is an original reading aid, not a claim that there is only one valid literary translation.
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