Lament of a Fair Lady - Raindrops on Lotus Leaves
- Poetry of Yang Wanli

I nap at noon in a leaflike boat beneath lotus flowers;

Their fragrance spreads over mist-veiled West Lake.

I hear my boat's roof beaten by sudden showers,

And startled, I awake.

I find on lotus leaves leap drops of rain;

Like pearls they scatter and get together again.

They melt then into liquid silver

Flowing down the rippling river.