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五言古詩 王維 渭川田家

斜光照墟落, 窮巷牛羊歸。
野老念牧童, 倚杖候荊扉。
雉雊麥苗秀, 蠶眠桑葉稀。
田夫荷鋤
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, 相見語依依。

即此羨閒逸, 悵然吟式微。
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又作至

Five-character-quatrain
Wang Wei A FARM-HOUSE ON THE WEI RIVER

In the slant of the sun on the country-side,
Cattle and sheep trail home along the lane;
And a rugged old man in a thatch door
Leans on a staff and thinks of his son, the herdboy.
There are whirring pheasants? full wheat-ears,
Silk-worms asleep, pared mulberry-leaves.
And the farmers, returning with hoes on their shoulders,
Hail one another familiarly.
...No wonder I long for the simple life
And am sighing the old song,
Oh, to go Back Again!