The good rain knows its season,
When spring arrives, it brings life.
It follows the wind secretly into the night,
And moistens all things softly, without sound.
On the country road, the clouds are all black,
On a riverboat, a single fire bright.
At dawn one sees this place now red and wet,
The flowers are heavy in the brocade city.
好雨知时节，当春乃发生。随风潜入夜，润物细无声。
野径云俱黑，江船火独明。晓看红湿处，花重锦官城。
The brocade city is Chengdu, in south-west China.
The poem depicts the characteristics of spring rain and the scene of night rain in Chengdu with great joy and enthusiasm, eulogizing the spring rain that comes in time and nourishes everything.
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