城東早春

The signs of early spring

attracts the poet's eyes,

Ere willow's tender yellow turns

to greenish dye①dye 英 [da?] 美 [da?]n. 染料；染色vt. 染；把……染上顏色vi. 被染色.

Nor will he wait till

tender shrubs②shrub 英 [?r?b] 美 [?r?b] n. 灌木；灌木叢in splendour③splendour 英 ['splend?] 美 [?spl?nd?] n. 顯赫（等于splendor）；光彩壯麗blow,

For then, the crowd can also

not the floral show.

詩家清景在新春，

綠柳才黃半未勻。

若待上林花似錦，

出門俱是看花人。