Irecite,alongthepathtotheeasternshelter. ...Theworldhasforgottenthetruefountainofthisteaching Andpeopleenslavethemselvestomiraclesandfables. UnderthegivenwordsIwanttheessentialmeaning, Ilookforthesim
I recite, along the path to the eastern shelter.
...The world has forgotten the true fountain of this teaching
And people enslave themselves to miracles and fables.
Under the given words I want the essential meaning,
I look for the simplest way to sow and reap my nature.
Here in the quiet of the priest\’s templecourtyard,
Mosses add their climbing colour to the thick bamboo;
And now comes the sun, out of mist and fog,
And pines that seem to be new-bathed;
And everything is gone from me, speech goes, and reading,
Leaving the single unison.
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五言古诗
柳宗元
溪居
久为簪组累, 幸此南夷谪。
闲依农圃邻, 偶似山林客。
晓耕翻露草, 夜榜响溪石,
来往不逢人, 长歌楚天碧。
Five-character-ancient-verse
Liu Zongyuan
DWELLING BY A STREAM
I had so long been troubled by official hat and robe
That I am glad to be an exile here in this wild southland.
I am a neighbour now of planters and reapers.
I am a guest of the mountains and woods.
I plough in the morning, turning dewy grasses,
And at evening tie my fisher-boat, breaking the quiet stream.
Back and forth I go, scarcely meeting anyone,
And sing a long poem and gaze at the blue sky.
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