43. 早春呈水部張十八員外
韓愈
天街小雨潤如酥,
草色遙看近卻無。
最是一年春好處,
絕勝煙柳滿皇都。
43. Early Spring
Han Yu
A drizzle coats the capital like cream;
Where grass can be seen from afar, but not close.
This spring scene, of the year, is the best time
Better than the town in willow-lavish prime.
徐英才譯