University of Virginia Library

七言絕句 無名氏 雜詩

盡寒食雨草萋萋, 著麥苗風柳映堤。
等是有家歸未得, 杜鵑休向耳邊啼。

Seven-character-quatrain
Wumingshi THE DAY OF NO FIRE

As the holiday approaches, and grasses are bright after rain,
And the causeway gleams with willows, and wheatfields wave in the wind,
We are thinking of our kinsfolk, far away from us.
O cuckoo, why do you follow us, why do you call us home?