其七

糁径杨花铺白毡，点溪荷叶叠青钱。

笋根雉子无人见，沙上凫雏傍母眠。

Nine impromptu Quatrains by Du Fu

(VII)

Willow catkins like white felt carpet track by track,

Lotus leaves like green coppers do creek by creek pack.

Betwixt the bamboo roots hide the chicks of pheasant,

On th’ sand the ducklings by their mom sleep back-to-back.

Tr. Ziyuzile