2月17日

陶淵明詩選 ─ 歸園田居 ( 其三 )
晉 陶潛 ( 365~427 )

種豆南山下，草盛豆苗稀；
晨興理荒穢，帶月荷鋤歸。
道狹草木長，夕露沾我衣；
衣沾不足惜，但使願無違。

──選自《陶淵明集》

February 17th

Returning to the Fields
Tao Qian (365 - 427, Jin Dynasty)
English translation: Zhi Yue

Planting beans at the foot of Mount Nan,
Weeds are many, but bean shoots are few.
I rise in the morning, to tend to the weeds,
The moon sees me home, shouldering a hoe.
The path is narrow, overgrown with grass,
The evening dew soaks my clothes.
Wet clothes, I am bothered not,
For as long as I have my will.

── from Tao Yuanming Ji (Complete Works of Tao Yuanming)