Tomb-Sweeping Day's kite-flying poems

Author: Kong Qing Dynasty

Original text:

Children's trousers are pleated red, holding clues to curse God.

Everyone praised you for coming early and owed me a kite.

Translation:

A group of children in red trousers fly kites together, but the kites can't fly because there is no wind. So he took the kite string and cursed God.

Everyone praises God that spring comes early, but you owe me a strong wind to fly a kite.

2. Rural residence

Author: Gao Ding in Qing Dynasty

Original text:?

In February, the grass grows and the warblers fly, and the willows are drunk with spring smoke.

The children came back from school early, so they were busy flying kites in the east wind.

Translation:

In February of the lunar calendar, the grass gradually germinates and grows, the orioles fly around, and the willows gently brushing the shore are intoxicated by the spring fog. The children in the village came home from school early, and quickly flew kites in the blue sky in the east wind.

3. "Tomb-Sweeping Day Beaver Crossing the Road"

Author: Fan Chengda in Song Dynasty

Original text:

Sprinkle towels and rain, and wear a side hat.

Flowers bloom in the mountains and willows lie in the water.

Stone horses stand in the air and kites fly in the air.

After people dispersed, blackbirds were due west and east.

Translation:

Tears covered with black silk scarves, endless. My hair was loose and my hat was crooked by the wind. Flowers dyed Shan Ye red, and wicker lay on the water. Stone beasts stand on both sides of the road, and paper flies in the air. After people left the graves, crows and birds became active and looked around for food.

4. The children in Guancun are playing by the stream.

Author: Lu You in Song Dynasty

Original text:

After the rain, the stream leveled the bank and looked at the children in the village to thank yat sen villa.

Bamboo and horses gallop, kites are domineering and whistling in the wind.

In the third winter, I temporarily learned from Confucian scholars and practiced from my parents.

Literacy is roughly equivalent to paying tribute, so you don't have to work hard for your officials.

Translation:

After the rain, the stream overflowed the bank, almost flush with it. Come to see the children in the village and thank God for coming to Chuqing in the evening. Some rode bamboo horses and stumbled into the mud pit, some flew kites, and kites flew wildly in the wind.

I studied with my teacher for three months in winter and went home to work with my father and brother in busy farming season. Literacy can barely cope with taxes and labor, and you don't need to study hard to envy princes and nobles.

5. "Tea bottles, Huayang three-scene cherry falls"

Author: Nalan Xingde in Qing Dynasty

Original text:

Huayang Sanjing Sakura Waterfall. In under the greenwood tree, the fine waves and swallows swept away, and the beautiful scenery became a pavilion. Swing back, the wind is like yesterday.

Unfortunately, spring is always bleak. People are thin and damaged, and paper kites are evil. How many incense notes, qingluan, who advised you to go it alone?

Translation:

Huayang fell on the path, so did cherries, and swallows skimmed the water waves in under the greenwood tree. This is a good time, but without her company, I can only live up to this spring. Think of her past with her back on the swing, and it seems like yesterday.

It's a pity that spring is full of bleak artistic conception. People are getting thinner and thinner. Looking at the nasty east wind that damaged the kite in the sky, I remembered how many agreements and beautiful memories we wrote on the kite in the past, but now it's just sadness. Even the bluebird flew away without looking back, leaving me alone to drink and drown my sorrows.