东郊

韦应物

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。

EAST OF THE TOWN

Wei Yingwu

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.