小池 - 杨万里
泉眼无声惜细流,
树荫照水爱晴柔。
小荷才露尖尖角,
早有蜻蜓立上头。
A Seven-Character Quatrain by Yang Wanli
(The Pond)
The mute fountain just lets its stream trickle away,
The trees shade the pond and cosy up this fine day.
As a cute baby lotus lifts its pointed pate,
A dragonfly alights on it without delay.
Tr. Ziyuzile