Joyful Rain in the Spring Evening | Good rain knows the perfect season to fall

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by Tu Fu (712 - 770)

Translation © by Qi Feng Wu

春夜喜雨

Language: Chinese (中文)

Our translations: ENG

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

Traditional characters:

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
曉看紅濕處
花重錦官城

Text Authorship:

by Tu Fu (712 - 770), "春夜喜雨" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in Czech (Čeština), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [an adaptation] ; composed by Pavel Haas.
Also set in Dutch (Nederlands), a translation by (Stephanie) Hélène Swarth (1859 - 1941) , "De lenteregen", subtitle: "Thu-Fu", appears in De Chineesche fluit ; composed by Simon Pluister.
Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946) ; composed by Hans Ebert, Sigurd von Koch.
Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Sigurd von Koch.

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ENG English (Qi Feng Wu) , "Joyful Rain in the Spring Evening", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Joyful Rain in the Spring Evening

Language: English after the Chinese (中文)

Good rain knows the perfect season to fall, 
When plants grow and germinate in Spring.
It drops secretly with the spring wind in the evening,
Tranquilly moistening everything in its way.
The path in the rainy evening is so dark,
The only lights that shimmer are candles on the riverboats.
Look at raindrop-covered crimson flowers early in the morning.
The whole city of Jinguan becomes a world of blossoms.

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a text in Chinese (中文) by Tu Fu (712 - 770), "春夜喜雨"
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This text was added to the website: 2023-07-06
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Word count: 69