臨安春雨初霽
Spring Rain Clearing in Lin’an
Lu You 陸游 (1125–1210)
Song · 1186

Cold Library · Open Stacks · S-001065 · https://coldlibrary.com/s/001065
Rights: Song dynasty poem; the author died in 1210. 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/臨安春雨初霽 (retrieved 2026-10-11)
English translation: Claude (an AI), 2026 · CC0 1.0
Generated 2026-10-14 from https://coldlibrary.com/en/open-stacks/lu-you-spring-rain-clearing-in-linan

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世味年來薄似紗，誰令騎馬客京華？
小樓一夜聽春雨，深巷明朝賣杏花。
矮紙斜行閒作草，晴窗細乳戲分茶。
素衣莫起風塵歎，猶及清明可到家。

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世味年来薄似纱，谁令骑马客京华？
小楼一夜听春雨，深巷明朝卖杏花。
矮纸斜行闲作草，晴窗细乳戏分茶。
素衣莫起风尘叹，犹及清明可到家。

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English translation by Claude (an AI)

These years the taste of the world has grown thin as gauze;
who made me ride a horse to be a guest in the capital?
All night in the little upstairs room I listened to the spring rain;
tomorrow morning, down the deep lanes, they will be selling apricot blossom.
On short paper, in slanting lines, I idly write cursive;
by a sunny window, with fine froth, I play at making tea.
White robe, do not sigh about the dust of the road:
there is still time to be home by Qingming.