村居 – (清)高鼎
草長鶯飛二月天,拂堤楊柳醉春煙。
兒童散學歸來早,忙趁東風放紙鳶。
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