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七言律詩 王維 積雨輞川莊作

積雨空林煙火遲， 蒸藜炊黍餉東菑。
漠漠水田飛白鷺， 陰陰夏木囀黃鸝。
山中習靜觀朝槿， 松下清齋折露葵。
野老與人爭席罷， 海鷗何事更相疑？

Seven-character-regular-verse
Wang Wei IN MY LODGE AT WANG CHUAN
AFTER A LONG RAIN

The woods have stored the rain, and slow comes the smoke
As rice is cooked on faggots and carried to the fields;
Over the quiet marsh-land flies a white egret,
And mango-birds are singing in the full summer trees....
I have learned to watch in peace the mountain morningglories,
To eat split dewy sunflower-seeds under a bough of pine,
To yield the post of honour to any boor at all....
Why should I frighten sea gulls, even with a thought?
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