Happy Rain on a Spring Night
By Du Fu
Good rain knows its time right;
It will fall when comes spring.
With wind it steals in night;
Mute, it moistens(滋润) each thing.
Over wild path dark cloud spreads;
In boat a lantern looms(隐约可见).
Dawn sees saturated reds(深红);
The town's heavy with blooms(盛开).
The poem Happy Rain on a Spring Night, witen by famous Chinese poet Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty, describes a scene of spring rain. It expresses Du's care for the farmers and his wish for a peaceful life.
In the first couplet(联), Du expresses his love for the spring rain because it moistens everything, And Chinese people take spring rain as an important part of their life. The second lines describe the rain from the angle of hearing. It comes so quietly at night that no one realizes it. The third couplet is about the sense of sight. In the dark rainy night, the only lights on the boat shine. And the last two lines are in the writer's imagination. Because of the spring rain, people will enjoy tomorrow's bloom.
