Listen to this article过许州[1]
[清]沈德潜
到处陂塘[2]决决[3]流，
垂杨百里罨[4]平畴[5]。
行人便觉须眉绿，
一路蝉声过许州。
注释：
[1]许州：河南许昌市。
[2]陂塘：池塘。
[3]决决：形容水流的声音。
[4]罨：覆盖，掩盖。
[5]平畴：平坦的田野。
Passing by Xuzhou
Shen Deqian
From the pools here and there flows rippling water clean;
For miles and miles extend the fields the willows screen.
The wayfarer would feel his beard and brows turn green;
Passing the town ‘mid songs of cicadas unseen.
