The mud melts and the swallows fly, and the sand is warm and the mandarin ducks sleep on it. This means: the soil melts and becomes soft with the coming of spring, and the swallows fly in the mud; the river sand also becomes warm, and the mandarin ducks sleep lazily on it. .

Original text:

quatrains

Dynasty: Tang Dynasty

Author: Du Fu

Chi Rijiang and mountains are beautiful, The spring breeze smells of flowers and grass.

The mud melts and the flying swallows fly, and the sand is warm and the mandarin ducks sleep.

Translation:

The mountains and rivers are bathed in the spring light. How beautiful the spring breeze brings flowers and plants. Fragrant.

Swallows are busy building nests with wet mud in their mouths, and pairs of mandarin ducks are sleeping on the warm sand.

Notes

1. Chi Ri : Spring is getting longer, so it is said that the sun is late.

2. Muirong: This refers to the moistening of the soil.

3. Mandarin duck: a kind of water bird, male and female live in pairs by the water.

Appreciation

This short quatrain vividly describes the scenery of spring, which is as beautiful as picturesque. The first two sentences give a general description of the wonderful spring scenery, and the short ten The words include sunshine, rivers and mountains, spring breeze, flowers, grass and their fragrance, mobilizing readers' multiple senses to experience, feel and associate with the beauty of spring. The last two sentences focus on writing about swallows and mandarin ducks. Swallows fly high and low around the warm spring mud. , holding mud in their hands and building nests, giving people a relaxed and pleasant feeling. The poet uses extremely rhythmic words such as "Shishi" and "Chacha" to make this bright and complicated picture full of movement, and also makes the poem more lively. , a more fluent rhythm. The language of the whole poem is full of colloquial colors, which makes people feel very friendly when reading it, and the sincere joy the poet feels in spring is also vivid on the page.