Meng Jiao
The thread in the hands of a fond-hearted mother
Makes clothes for the body of her wayward① boy；
Carefully she sews and thoroughly she mends，
Dreading② the delays that will keep him late from home.
But how much love has the inch-long grass
For three spring months of the light of the sun？
① waywardadj. 任性的；刚愎的，倔强的
② dreadvt. 惧怕；担心 vi. 惧怕；担心
游子吟
孟郊
慈母手中线，
游子身上衣。
临行密密缝，
意恐迟迟归。
谁言寸草心，
报得三春晖。