yóu zǐ yín

yóu
yín
shǒu
zhōng
线
xiàn
 
yóu
shēn
shàng
 
lín
xíng
féng
 
kǒng
chí
chí
guī
 
shuí
yán
cùn
cǎo
xīn
 
bào
sān
chūn
huī
 
yóu to roam / travel; to walk / to tour / to roam / to swim / to travel
zǐ, zi 11 p.m.-1 a.m. / 1st earthly branch / child / midnight / son / child / seed / egg / small thing; (noun suff.)
yín moan / to hum
compassionate / gentle / merciful / kind / humane
female / mother
shǒu hand / convenient
zhòng, zhōng hit (the mark); within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / China / Chinese
线 xiàn subway line; line, thread, wire; clue; thread / string / wire / line
yóu to roam / travel; to walk / to tour / to roam / to swim / to travel
zǐ, zi 11 p.m.-1 a.m. / 1st earthly branch / child / midnight / son / child / seed / egg / small thing; (noun suff.)
shēn body / torso / person / life / status / pregnancy / (a measure word used for clothes) suit
shàng on / on top / upon / first (of two parts) / previous or last (week, etc.) / upper / higher / above / previous / to climb / to go into / above / to go up
yī, yì gown / to dress / to wear; clothes
lín to face / to overlook / to arrive / to be (just) about to / just before
xíng, háng, xìng a row / profession / professional; behavior / conduct; all right / capable / competent / OK / okay / to go / to do / to travel / temporary / to walk / to go / will do
secret / confidential / close / thick / dense
secret / confidential / close / thick / dense
fèng, féng crack / seam; to sew / to stitch
idea / meaning / wish / desire / (abbr.) Italy
kǒng afraid / frightened / to fear
chí late / delayed / slow
chí late / delayed / slow
guī to go back / to return
shéi, shuí who
yán to speak / to say / talk / word
cùn a unit of length / inch / thumb
cǎo grass / straw / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / manuscript / hasty
xīn heart / mind
bào to announce / to inform / report / newspaper / recompense / revenge
děi, de, dé to have to / must / ought to / to need to; obtain / get / gain / proper / suitable / proud / contented / allow / permit / ready / finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect / degree or possibility
sān three
chūn spring (time) / gay / joyful / youthful / love / lust / life
huī bright / glorious

Translations

The traveller's words

Thread in the hand of a gentle woman;—
clothes on the back of a traveller

Her stitches follow a secret secret seam;—
he fears a late late return

She who speaks a word has a hasty heart;—
he tells news of three glorious new lives

DJW

The roaming moaning small thing

A humane female within the convenient wire

A roaming pregnant small thing who is above clothes!

Just before going secretly to the thick crack

She was afraid of being delayed and being late in return to Italy

Who spoke an inch of her hasty mind?

She announced the possibility of three glorious springtimes

S&A

The roaming whir

What compassion is there in a woman's hand in the subway,
The body of the child on the gown?

To stand before the deep secret crack
To fear the deathly slow return of Italy

Who measures the careless mind with a thumb?
Proper vengeance for three glorious lives.

MAW

A gentle mother's hand provides the central thread
for the child to travel to the clothes of the highest class

This preparation provides the secret woven garment
which the child is not afraid to wear

He speaks his mind immediately
so he may announce three-fold joy.

CMW