Tang Yun唐韵

No. 42 · Seven-character quatrain

江南春

Spring in the South

Jiāng Nán Chūn

by Du Mu 杜牧 · 803 – 852

  • Spring
  • History
  • Rain
千里莺啼绿映红A thousand li of orioles, green set against red;
水村山郭酒旗风water villages, hill towns, wine flags in the wind.
南朝四百八十寺Four hundred and eighty temples of the Southern Dynasties —
多少楼台烟雨中how many of their towers are now in mist and rain?