柳宗元: 溪居/ liu zongyuan: dwelling by a stream

溪居

柳宗元

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。

　

dwelling by a stream

liu zongyuan

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,