詠柳 – 賀知章

碧玉妝成一樹高，萬條垂下綠絲絛。

不知細葉誰裁出，二月春風似剪刀。

A Quatrain by He Zhizhang

(Ode to Willows)

The green-jade-robed willow trees small or big,

With many a drooping green-silky twig.

I’d guess who deftly cuts these slender leaves,

O, spring breeze like scissors turns them so trig.   

Tr. Ziyuzile

(To be revised)

18/03/23