《春晓》

《春晓》

作者：孟浩然

春眠不觉晓，  处处闻啼鸟。

夜来风雨声，  花落知多少。

【注解】：１、春晓：春天的旱晨。

【韵译】：

春意绵绵好睡觉，不知不觉天亮了；

猛然一觉惊醒来，到处是鸟儿啼叫。

夜里迷迷胡胡，似乎有沙沙风雨声；

呵风雨风雨，花儿不知吹落了多少？

【评析】：

这是一首惜春诗，诗人抓住春晨生活的一刹那，镌刻了自然的神髓，生活的真趣，抒发了对烂漫醉人春光的喜悦，对生机勃勃春意的酷爱。言浅意浓，景真情真，悠远深沉，韵味无穷。可以说是五言绝句中的一粒蓝宝石，传之千古，光彩照人。

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A SPRING MORNING

Meng Haoran

Literal Translation:

Sound asleep and unaware that it's soon dawn,

Everywhere the chirping sound of birds is heard (in the morning).

The sound of rain (heard) in the night,

(Wondering to self ) how many flowers have fallen.

Author:

This poem was written by a Tang poet, Meng Haoran (689-740), who came from the region of China near Xiangzhou Xiangyang (now Hubei Xiangfan). He had an elegant and refreshing style of writing, and wrote mainly of a secluded life in the country side.

Modern Translation:

Spring is beautiful, with the wonderfully intoxicating scent, and transforming scenery of landscape that is so mesmerizing. But what captured the heart of the poet most is the lively sounds that spring brings. 


The poet was asleep and before he knew, it was dawn (不知不觉已到凌晨). When the poet woke up from his sleep on a spring day morning, the first thing he heard was the chirping of birds. The melodious exchange of chirping sounds of birds that could be heard from everywhere far and near, was what that brought the poet most joy. 


At the same time, what mesmerized the poet even more was the episode of spring showers the night before. In the peaceful quietness of the spring night, the drizzling of the spring rain brought to people a powerful misty dream-like imagination. The poet wondered how many flowers have fallen as a result of the rain the night before. 


The deep green after the rain the night before brought forth the beauty, the freshness and the vivid liveliness of the early morning spring. 


The beauty of this poem is that the poet used very simple and plain language to illustrate for us the natural beauty of nature, like clear spring water breathing fresh air into our hearts, refreshing and mesmerizing us.

This is a very suitable and popular poem for children.

Posted in: 唐诗三百首(Tang Dynasty Poems)