Grain Rain's solar terms moisten things silently.

From Du Fu's Delighting in Rain on a Spring Night.

Full text:

Good rain knows the season, when spring comes.

Sneak into the night with the wind, moisten things silently.

The wild path is dark, and the river is bright.

Look at the red and wet place, the flowers in Jinguancheng are heavy.

Translation:

Good rain seems to pick the right time, arrival in the spring of everything.

With the breeze, quietly into the night. Fine and dense, nourishing everything on the earth.

Thick dark clouds covered fields and alleys, and small lights were lit, and fishing boats on the river flashed.

Look at the flowers with dew tomorrow morning, and Chengdu will be full of flowers.

Precautions:

Know: I know, I know. Saying that rain knows the season is a personification.

Yes: just.

Occurrence: germination and growth.

In secret, quietly. Here, the spring rain comes quietly with the wind at night.

Moisturizing: Nourishing plants through rain.

Path: A path between fields.

Xiao: It's just dawn. Red wet place: flowers wet by rain.

Red wet place: refers to the place with red flowers and rain.

Weight of flowers: Flowers will become heavy when they get wet by rain.

Heavy: pronounced zhòng (heavy here means heavy. So the pronunciation is the fourth sound. )

Jinguancheng: another name for Chengdu.

Extended data:

Delighting in Rain on a Spring Night is a poem written by Du Fu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. This poem describes in detail the characteristics of Chengdu spring rain and the scene of rainy night with great joy, and enthusiastically eulogizes the timely and moist spring rain. The poet uses anthropomorphic techniques to describe the spring rain, which is subtle, delicate, vivid and vivid. The whole poem is elegant in artistic conception, quiet in meaning and integrated with painting. This is a poem about rain, with vivid and unique charm.

In November of the 14th year of Tianbao (755), An Shi Rebellion broke out. In June of the following year, Tongguan fell and Xuanzong fled hastily. In July, Prince Hengli was appointed as Su Zong in Lingwu (now lingwu city, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region). At this time, Du Fu had moved his family to Qiang Village in Yinzhou (now Fuxian County, Shaanxi Province) to take refuge. He heard that Su Zong ascended the throne and went north alone in August to join Lingwu. Unfortunately, he was captured by the rebels on the way and brought to Chang 'an. Wang Wei, who was also captured, was closely supervised, and Du Fu was not imprisoned because of his small official position. Despite personal misfortunes, Du Fu always cared about the country and the people.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Delighting in Rain on a Spring Night