chūn xiǎo (by Meng Haoran)

chūn
xiǎo
chūn
mián
jiào
xiǎo
chǔ
chǔ
wén
niǎo
lái
fēng
shēng
huā
zhī
duō
shǎo
chūn spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
曉 or 晓 xiǎo dawn; to know; to tell (sb sth); dawn
chūn spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
mián sleep
(negative prefix); not; no
覺 or 觉 jiào, jué feel; find that; thinking; awake; aware; a nap; a sleep
曉 or 晓 xiǎo dawn; to know; to tell (sb sth); dawn
處 or 处 chǔ, chù to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to stay; get along with; to be in a position of; deal with; a place; location; spot; point; office; department; bureau; respect
處 or 处 chǔ, chù to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to stay; get along with; to be in a position of; deal with; a place; location; spot; point; office; department; bureau; respect
wén (surname); hear; sniff at
mourn; to cry; hoof
鳥 or 鸟 niǎo bird
night
來 or 来 lái to come
風 or 风 fēng wind; news; style; custom; manner
rain
聲 or 声 shēng sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise
huā flower; blossom; to spend (money, time); fancy pattern
là, lào, luò alight; to fall; to drop (behind); alight; to fall; drop; leave behind
zhī to know; to be aware
duō many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-
shǎo, shào few; little; lack; young

Translations

Spring dawn

Has morning yet dawned?

Here is heard the birdsong,

And in the night, the noise of the wind and rain.

The flowers know how much rain fell.

DJW

A Spring Dawn

You can't sleep in, in Spring! And so at

Mr Chu Wen's residence he wakes up early to the sound of birdsong.

Night will return with a pitter-patter of raindrops blossoming in puddles.

In the din of the rain you can't hear a thing.

LJW

Spring Dawn

I wake at dawn aware of spring

As the cry of a bird carries into my room

With the sound of the rain coming in the wind

Falling like a thousand tiny blossoms

CMW

A joyful dawn

Don't sleep—awake to a joyful dawn

Listen to the dawn chorus

The wind and rain have gone like the night

Thousands of blossoms fall!

IW