村居 – （清）高鼎

草长莺飞二月天，拂堤杨柳醉春烟。

儿童散学归来早，忙趁东风放纸鸢。

A Quatrain by Gao Ding (Qing Dynasty)

(Village Life)

Green grass grows and finches fly in February’s eye,

Dike-dipping willows drunk under mist-filled spring sky.

Village kids given early mark hie home from school,

Rushing to fly paper-hawks ere east winds slip by.

Tr. Ziyuzile