Zhu Xi 朱熹
later 12th century · Song China
On a fine day I look for blossom by the River Si; the boundless view is all at once made new. Without trying, I come to know the face of the east wind: ten thousand purples, a thousand reds, all of it is spring.
勝日尋芳泗水濱，無邊光景一時新。
等閑識得東風面，萬紫千紅總是春。"A Spring Day"
In the same thread
Sarojini Naidu
1905 · Hyderabad, India
Like a joy on the heart of a sorrow, The sunset hangs on a cloud; A golden storm of glittering sheaves, Of fair and frail and fluttering leaves, The wild wind blows in a cloud.
"Autumn Song," in The Golden Threshold
Pauline Johnson E. Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake)
1892 · Six Nations, Ontario, Canada
And up on the hills against the sky, A fir tree rocking its lullaby, Swings, swings, Its emerald wings, Swelling the song that my paddle sings.
"The Song My Paddle Sings," in Flint and Feather
Rabindranath Tagore রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর
1916 · Bengal, India
Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.
Stray Birds, 82
Lin Bu 林逋
early 11th century · Hangzhou, Song China
Sparse shadows slant across the clear shallow water. A hidden fragrance drifts in the moonlit dusk.
疏影橫斜水清淺，暗香浮動月黄昏。"Small Plum Tree in a Hill Garden"
Bai Juyi 白居易
817 · Tang China
In the world below, by the fourth month, the blossoms are all gone; at the mountain temple the peach trees are only now in full flower. I had long grieved that spring leaves and cannot be found: I never knew it had moved in here.
人間四月芳菲盡，山寺桃花始盛開。
長恨春歸無覓處，不知轉入此中來。"Peach Blossoms at Dalin Temple," in the Complete Tang Poems
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