鐔津文集 17.66

17.66

山中苦無雨。日日望雲霓。小暑復大暑。深溪成淺溪。泉枯連井底。地熱亢蔬畦。無以問天意。空思水鳥啼（俗謂水鳥啼則天下雨焉）。

In the mountains, bitterly suffering lack of rain, / Day after day we gaze at the clouds and rainbow. / Lesser Heat gives way to Greater Heat; / Deep streams have turned to shallow rills. / Springs have dried down to the bottom of wells; / The earth is parched, burning the vegetable beds. / There is no way to inquire of Heaven’s will; / In vain I yearn for the crying of waterbirds (it is popularly said that when waterbirds cry, rain falls upon all under heaven).