下雪，大概是整个冬天里
最值得期盼的事了。
不管多冷的天，
看着雪花纷纷的飘落，
整个人都不自觉地温柔起来……
用英文说下雪也可以很有诗意：
big snowflakes 鹅毛大雪
feathery snowflakes 羽毛似的雪花
fluttering snowflakes 飘舞的雪花
the first snow/snowflakes 初雪
as white as snow 洁白如雪
雪落成诗，诗情胜雪。
鸿儒与白丁，同处一片天，
共赏一场雪，然而得趣迥异。
从小雪纷纷到大雪簌簌，
从天降祥瑞，到雪夜独行……
原来每一场雪，
都有它自己独一无二的名字。
琼花
观雪
南宋·杨万里
坐看深来尺许强，偏於薄暮发寒光。
半空舞倦居然嬾，一点风来特地忙。
落尽琼花天不惜，封它梅蕊玉无香。
倩谁细橪成汤饼，换却人间烟火肠。
雪白似琼花，故命名为“琼花”、“琼英”，琼花花语为“无私的爱”，上天浑然不怜惜，让琼花似的雪落尽，将梅蕊、海棠的封存在冰雪之下，花香杳无。
这句“落尽琼花天不惜，封它梅蕊玉无香。”不禁让人联想起王安石的《梅花》：
遥知不是雪，为有暗香来。
Seen from afar I know it is not snow,
For a hint of the fragrance to come.
——《小学生必背古诗文129篇》
（中英双语·诵读版）
梅花与雪都是纯洁高雅，在冬天给人以美的情趣。
玉鸾
水调歌头·和王正之右司吴江观雪见寄
南宋·辛弃疾
造物故豪纵，千里玉鸾飞。等闲更把，万斛琼粉盖颇黎。好卷垂虹千丈，只放冰壶一色，云海路应迷。老子旧游处，回首梦耶非。
玉鸾，在古人的笔下，它们可以是对车铃的美称，也可以是白色的鸾鸟，在辛弃疾的笔下，玉鸾又变成了“雪”，飞雪。
梨花
白雪歌送武判官归京
唐·岑参
北风卷地白草折，胡天八月即飞雪。
忽如一夜春风来，千树万树梨花开。
散入珠帘湿罗幕，狐裘不暖锦衾薄。
将军角弓不得控，都护铁衣冷难着。
瀚海阑干百丈冰，愁云惨淡万里凝。
中军置酒饮归客，胡琴琵琶与羌笛。
纷纷暮雪下辕门，风掣红旗冻不翻。
轮台东门送君去，去时雪满天山路。
山回路转不见君，雪上空留马行处。
英文翻译
The north wind scrapes the ground, the fleabane destroyed,
In the borderlands it starts snowing in the eighth month.
As though a gust of spring wind swept past overnight,
Bringing thousands upon thousands of pear trees into bloom.
The north wind scrapes the ground, the fleabane destroyed,
In the borderlands it starts snowing in the eighth month.
As though a gust of spring wind swept past overnight,
Bringing thousands upon thousands of pear trees into bloom.
It penetrates pearl blinds and moistens silk curtains,
The fox fur is cold, the brocade quilt too thin for the nip.
The general fails to draw steadily his horn-backed bow,
The viceroy can hardly put on his frigid armour.
A vast expanse of desert is covered with ice of a thousand feet,
Gloomy clouds hang over ten thousand miles of frozen land.
In the central camp a homehound colleague is wined and dined,
Music is played with fiddles, lutes and piccolos.
Evening snow keeps coming down at the camp gate,
Wind tugs at the red standard but it's too frozen to flutter.
At the eastern city gate of Luntai I shall see you off,
The road ahead along Tianshan Mountains is heavy with snow.
As the path winds around the mountain and you are out of sight,
Tracks of your horse's hoofs will be left vainly in the snow.
冬天的树干光秃秃的，下了一场大雪后，，挂在枝头的积雪，在诗人的眼中变成一夜盛开的梨花，和美丽的春天一起到来。整个世界银装素裹，焕然一新。
积素
冬晚对雪忆胡居士家
唐·王维
寒更传晓箭，清镜览衰颜。
隔牖风惊竹，开门雪满山。
洒空深巷静，积素广庭闲。
借问袁安舍，翛然尚闭关。
“积素”对应的“洒空”，指的下雪，《世说新语·言语》（A New Account of the Tales of the World ）中，谢安曾在下雪时把子侄们聚在一起，问他们雪下得和什么东西相似，侄子谢朗应声答道：“撒盐空中差可拟。”雪下了，地面上也积起了一层厚厚的白雪，即“积素”。
A New Account of the Tales of the World, also known as Shishuo Xinyu, was compiled and edited by Liu Yiqing during the Liu Song dynasty of the Northern and Southern dynasties. It is a historical compilation of many Chinese scholars, musicians, and artists during the 2nd-4th centuries.
《世说新语》是南北朝刘义庆编撰的。它是2到4世纪许多中国学者、音乐家和艺术家的历史汇编。
寒酥
梨花
明·徐渭
春雨春风能几宵，吹香落粉湿还飘。
朝来试看青枝上，几朵寒酥未肯消。
寒酥一词，喻指雪花，酥这一字，形容了雪花的状态。徐渭另一首《谑雪》诗，也点到了“寒酥”，“一行分向朱门屋，误落寒酥点羊肉”。
中国古诗词中有很多描写雪的，其中柳宗元的《江雪》备受世人推崇。飞鸟绝迹，人踪湮没。遐景苍茫，迩景孤冷。意境幽僻，情调凄寂。仅用20字便勾勒出一幅万籁无声、冷气刺骨却意境开阔的独钓图。
江雪
唐·柳宗元
千山鸟飞绝，万径人踪灭。
孤舟蓑笠翁，独钓寒江雪。
A hundred mountains and no bird,
A thousand paths without a footprint;
A little boat, a bamboo cloak,
An old man fishing in the cold river-snow.
——《小学生必背古诗文129篇》
（中英双语·诵读版）
“雪”的别称还有很多，凝雨、璇花、银粟、仙藻、素尘、瑞白……美丽且有诗意，雪在诗人词人的笔下，如此雅致。
“今我来思，雨雪霏霏”，
心心念念的雪，想着想着，它就落了。
总有一场雪是为你而来。
雪蕴诗情，
惟愿此身能似雪，一片冰心在玉壶。
