偶作（清）袁枚

偶寻半开梅，闲倚一竿竹。

儿童不知春，问草何故绿。

An Impromptu by Yuan Mei

I chance on a half-blooming plum

Clinging to a bamboo at ease.

The kids who unknow spring has come

Ask me why grass greens in breeze?

Tr. Ziyuzile

(To be revised)