Wang Wei: Quotes about spring

Wang Wei was a Tang dynasty Chinese poet, musician, painter, and statesman. Explore interesting quotes on spring.

Wang Wei: 28 quotes3 likes

“I have just seen you go down the mountain.
I close the wicker gate in the setting sun.
The grass will be green again in coming spring,
But will the wanderer ever return?”

"Departure" (trans. Robert Payne)

“Red beans come from Southern country,
Few blossoms on vines when Spring comes.
For my sake please pick many of them,
They are the best symbol of true love.”

"Red Beans" (相思), trans. Zi-chang Tang

“In the mountains a night of rain,
And above the trees a hundred springs.”

As quoted in Lin Yutang's My Country and My People (1936), p. 247