韦应物

　　东郊

　　吏舍跼终年， 出郊旷清曙。

　　杨柳散和风， 青山澹吾虑。

　　依丛适自憩， 缘涧还复去。

　　微雨霭芳原， 春鸠鸣何处？

　　乐幽心屡止， 遵事迹犹遽；

　　终罢斯结庐， 慕陶真可庶。

　　Five-character-ancient-verse

　　Wei Yingwu

　　EAST OF THE TOWN

　　From office confinement¹ all year long,

　　I have come out of town to be free this morning

　　Where willows² 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 fragrant³ meadows；

　　A spring dove calls from some hidden place.

　　……With quiet surroundings, the mind is at peace,

　　But beset⁴ with affairs, it grows restless again……

　　Here I shall finally build me a cabin,

　　As Tao Qian built one long ago.