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五言古詩 韋應物 東郊

吏舍跼終年, 出郊曠清曙。
楊柳散和風, 青山澹吾慮。
依叢適自憩, 緣澗還復去。
微雨靄芳原, 春鳩鳴何處?
樂幽心屢止, 遵事跡猶遽;
終罷斯結廬, 慕陶真可庶。

Five-character-ancient-verse
Wei Yingwu EAST OF THE TOWN

From office confinement all year long,
I have come out of town to be free this morning
Where willows harmonize the wind
And green hills lighten the cares of the world.
I lean by a tree and rest myself
Or wander up and down a stream.
...Mists have wet the fragrant meadows;
A spring dove calls from some hidden place.
...With quiet surroundings, the mind is at peace,
But beset with affairs, it grows restless again....
Here I shall finally build me a cabin,
As Tao Qian built one long ago.