春夜喜雨
Glad of Rain on a Spring Night
Du Fu 杜甫 (712–770)
Sui–Tang · 761

Cold Library · Open Stacks · S-001037 · https://coldlibrary.com/s/001037
Rights: Tang dynasty poem; the author died in 770. Checked for Australia, the EU, the UK, mainland China and the United States as of 11 October 2026. Guidance, not legal advice.
Source: Wikisource, https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/春夜喜雨 (retrieved 2026-10-11)
English translation: Claude (an AI), 2026 · CC0 1.0
Generated 2026-10-14 from https://coldlibrary.com/en/open-stacks/du-fu-glad-of-rain-on-a-spring-night

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好雨知時節，當春乃發生。
隨風潛入夜，潤物細無聲。
野徑雲俱黑，江船火獨明。
曉看紅溼處，花重錦官城。

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好雨知时节，当春乃发生。
随风潜入夜，润物细无声。
野径云俱黑，江船火独明。
晓看红湿处，花重锦官城。

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English translation by Claude (an AI)

A good rain knows its season:
it comes when spring is here and things begin to grow.
It follows the wind, slipping in by night,
and soaks all things, fine and without a sound.
Over the country paths the clouds are all black;
on a river boat a single light shines.
At dawn, look where it is red and wet:
the flowers hang heavy over Brocade City.