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