春晓 (Chūn xiăo) A Spring Morning

春 晓（Chūn xiăo）A Spring Morning

作 者：孟浩然 Meng Haoran（Zuò zhĕ: Mèng Hàorán）

Chūn mián bù jué xiăo,
春       眠    不  觉   晓，
I awake light-hearted this morning of spring,

Chù chù wén tí niăo.
处     处   闻  啼  鸟。
Everywhere round me the singing of birds.

Yè lái fēng yŭ shēng,
夜  来  风   雨    声，
But now I remember the night, the storm,

Huā luò zhī duō shăo.
花     落  知   多   少。
And I wonder how many blossoms were broken.

生词(shēngcí) Vocabulary:

1. 眠(mián): n. sleeping
2. 春晓(chūnxiăo): n. the morning in spring; “晓” means dawn.
3. 不觉(bùjué): v. not aware of…
4. 闻啼鸟(wén tí niăo): v. hearing the voice of the birds; “闻” means hearing.

Author Brief

Meng Haoran (689～740), a famous poet in the climax of Tang Dynasty, was good at writing pastoral poems.
Learn another famous poet in Chinese history.

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