春風

文◎白居易 譯◎Rewi Alley 繪◎秋林夕

春風

Spring Wind

文◎白居易 譯◎Rewi Alley 繪◎秋林夕

Spring winds blow;

plum blossoms

bloom in the palace garden;

cherry, apricot①apricot英 ['e?pr?k?t] 美 [?epr??kɑt] n. 杏，杏子；[園藝] 杏樹；杏黃色adj. 杏黃色的,

peach and pear

follow one after the other;

in peasant villages,

water chestnuts②water chestnut n. 荸薺；菱角

and elm trees

join in as if to say,

"The spring wind

has made us all this way."

春風先發苑中梅，

櫻杏桃梨次第開。

薺花榆莢深村里，

亦道春風為我來。