Tang poems 唐诗 >> 春晓
孟浩然 (Meng Haoran) 唐朝 Tang Dynasty
Chūnmián bù jué xiǎo, chùchù wén tí niǎo.
春眠不觉晓，处处闻啼鸟。
yè lái fēngyǔ shēng, huā luò zhī duōshǎo.
夜来风雨声，花落知多少。
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孟浩然：Meng Haoran (689/691–740) was a major Tang dynasty poet. His poems are mostly descriptions of his countryside life, travel and friendship.
- 春晓：Spring Dawn
- 春：spring
- 眠：sleep
- 不觉：unaware
- 晓：dawn; daybreak
- 处处：everywhere
- 闻：hear
- 啼鸟：bird cry
- 夜：night
- 风雨声：the sound of wind and rain
- 花落：flowers were blown off
- 知多少：who knows how many
I heard the cry of birds from everywhere.
Last night came the sound of wind and rain;
Who knows how many flowers were blown off?