春眠不覺曉，處處聞啼鳥

The late winter storm has come and gone.

Last night, I heard 夜來風雨聲, and wondered 花落知多少。

Early this morning, I woke up to the sound of birds singing outside

our window and I shared the same unique experience depicted by

孟浩然 in one of his most famous poems, “春曉”:

春眠不覺曉，處處聞啼鳥。

We begin to get a taste of warm sunshine again. We envision and

anticipate the arrival of spring.

盼 望 著 ， 盼 望 著 ， 東 風 來 了 ， 春 天 的 腳 步 近 了 。

Spring is around the corner. As a matter of fact, we are about to

celebrate the first day of spring.

I have already seen the early signs of spring emerging around us,

just as what the Chinese essayist 朱自清 had written in his essay

“春“:

“ 山 朗 潤 起 來 了，水 漲 起 來 了，太 陽 的 臉 紅 起 來 了。”

“小 草 偷 偷 地 從 土 裏 鑽 出 來，嫩 嫩 的，綠 綠 的。風 輕 悄 悄 的，

草 軟 綿 綿 的 。”

“桃 樹、杏 樹、梨 樹，你 不 讓 我，我 不 讓 你，都 開 滿 了 花 趕 趟 兒。”

Yeh Tze