The Spring Willow's Leaf

I do not love that young woman

Leaning dreamily at the window

Because she owns the towering palace

At the Yellow River - no, I love her

Because slipped this tiny villow leaf

Into the waters...

I do not love the east wind

Because he brings the fragrance of pear blossoms

From flowering white heights, -

No, because his blowing made the willow leaf

Float towards my boat, - therefore I love him!

I do not love this tiny little willow leaf

Because it brings the delights of spring, -

No, because the young woman scratched

With a very fine needle my name

Into it, - therefore I love it!