Spring to the tune of Great Virtue
大德歌·春
The cuckoo calls: better, better go home,
子规啼，
Now spring's back yet he did far away roam.
不如归。
I am pining away.
道是春归人未归。
Willow fluff comes fluttering on the way.
成日添憔悴，
Throughout the spring no signs of message occur,
虚飘飘柳絮飞。
Only swallows vie with each other in pair,
一春鱼雁无消息，
Mud in their beaks, building their nest so fair.
则见双燕斗衔泥。