Early Spring

Now, dearest, lend a heedful ear

 And listen while I sing

Delights to every maiden dear,

 The charms of early spring:

When earth is dotted with the heaps

 Of corn, when heron-scream

Is rare but sweet, when passion leaps

 And paints a livelier dream.

The Gathering of the Seasons by Kālidāsa (5th century CE)