篱外谁家不系船
Whose untied boat is outside the fence?
春风吹入钓鱼湾
The spring breeze blows it into the fishing bay.
小童疑是有村客
A child thinks a visitor has come,
急向柴门去却关
And hurries to unbar the wooden gate.
What the poem means
The spring breeze blows an untied boat into the bay. A child thinks a visitor has arrived and hurries to open the gate. The final phrase means opening it, not shutting it.
Meet the poet
Cui Daorong was a Tang poet. This scene captures a child’s eager welcome.
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