咏柳
Ode to the Willow

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By He Zhizhang

碧玉妆成一树高,
The tall trees are all decked out in jade greens.

万条垂下绿丝绦.
Ten thousand twigs weep like green silk ribbons.

不知绿叶谁裁出,
Can't you tell who's cut out the slender leaves?

二月春风似剪刀.
The early spring wind is sharp,like scissors.


回乡偶书
Random Lines on Returning Home

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By He Zhizhang

少小离家老大回,
When very young I left home;now old I return,

乡音无改鬓毛衰.
My accent's unchanged,but thinner my hair's become.

*相见不相识,
The children,whom I meet,do not know who I am.

笑问客从何处来.
With beaming faces,they ask me from where I come.