荷叶罗裙一色裁
Green skirts and lotus leaves seem cut from one cloth;
芙蓉向脸两边开
Lotus flowers open beside the gatherers’ faces.
乱入池中看不见
They blend into the pond and vanish from sight;
闻歌始觉有人来
Only their singing tells us someone is there.
What the poem means
Green skirts blend with lotus leaves, and faces appear among the flowers. As the boats move deeper into the pond, the gatherers vanish from sight. Their singing reveals where they are.
Meet the poet
Wang Changling was a Tang poet known for seven-character quatrains.
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