chūn xiǎo (by Meng Haoran)

春
chūn
曉
xiǎo
春
chūn
眠
mián
不
bù
覺
jiào
曉
xiǎo
處
chǔ
處
chǔ
聞
wén
啼
tí
鳥
niǎo
夜
yè
來
lái
風
fēng
雨
yǔ
聲
shēng
花
huā
落
là
知
zhī
多
duō
少
shǎo
春 chūn spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
曉 or 晓 xiǎo dawn; to know; to tell (sb sth); dawn
春 chūn spring (time); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
眠 mián sleep
不 bù (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
聞 wén (surname); hear; sniff at
啼 tí mourn; to cry; hoof
鳥 or 鸟 niǎo bird
夜 yè night
來 or 来 lái to come
風 or 风 fēng wind; news; style; custom; manner
雨 yǔ rain
聲 or 声 shēng sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise
花 huā flower; blossom; to spend (money, time); fancy pattern
落 là, lào, luò alight; to fall; to drop (behind); alight; to fall; drop; leave behind
知 zhī to know; to be aware
多 duō many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-
少 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