A quick and simple poem about morning dew. <!--more-->

The author used a turn of phrase here which might be slightly confusing: 打湿. Most commonly, we know the word 打 [pinyin]da3[/pinyin] as "to hit" or "to strike". 湿 [pinyin]shi1[/pinyin] means "wet" or "moist". Put these two words together, and 打湿 means "to get something wet" or to moisten. 

Though the title of the poem is "Dewdrops" - 露珠 - you'll notice that the actual word is never mentioned in the poem. 

Source: <a href="http://www.zuowen.com/e/20131223/52b840bf2572e.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.zuowen.com/e/20131223/52b840bf2572e.shtml</a>

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昨天夜里，
谁从<strong>草地</strong>上走过？
丢了那么多的<strong>珍珠</strong>。
今天早上，
谁在<strong>草丛</strong>中看着我？
还打<strong>湿</strong>了我的衣裤。
太阳升高了，
谁收走了珍珠？
留下了湿湿的气息，
湿湿的泥土。
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Last night,
Who walked up from the meadow?
[They] lost so many pearls.
This morning, 
Who was watching me from the underbrush? 
[They] made damp my trousers.
The sun is high,
who left with the pearls?
[They] left behind them dewy breath,
and wet soil.
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