Selections of Tang Poetry
Spring Dawn
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Spring Dawn
By Meng Haoran (689 - 740AD)
Traditional
春曉
孟浩然
春眠不覺曉，
處處聞啼鳥。
夜來風雨聲，
花落知多少。
Simplified
春晓
孟浩然
春眠不觉晓，
处处闻啼鸟。
夜来风雨声，
花落知多少？
Vocabulary and Notes
Line 1: 春 Spring, 眠 eye, 觉 feeling, 晓 dawn
Line 2: 处处 everywhere, 鸟 birds, 啼 a bird chirping songs, 闻 hear
Line 3: 夜 night, 风雨 wind and rain, 声 sounds
Line 4: 花 flowers, 落 fall, 知 know, 多少 how many
Source: Complete Tang Poems, Scroll 160, 卷一百六十 卷二十一 . English translation by Sun Dayu, 1981. References
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