王维

　　渭川田家

　　斜光照墟落， 穷巷牛羊归。

　　野老念牧童， 倚杖候荆扉。

　　雉雊麦苗秀， 蚕眠桑叶稀。

　　田夫荷锄立， 相见语依依。

　　即此羡闲逸， 怅然吟式微。

　　Five-character-quatrain

　　Wang Wei

　　A FARM-HOUSE ON THE WEI RIVER

　　In the slant¹ of the sun on the country-side,

　　Cattle and sheep trail home along the lane；

　　And a rugged² old man in a thatch³ 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！