Listen to this article五言古詩
柳宗元
溪居
久為簪組累， 幸此南夷謫。
閑依農圃鄰， 偶似山林客。
曉耕翻露草， 夜榜響溪石，
來往不逢人， 長歌楚天碧。
Five-character-ancient-verse
Liu Zongyuan
DWELLING BY A STREAM
I had so long been troubled by official hat and robe
That I am glad to be an exile here in this wild southland.
I am a neighbour now of planters and reapers.
I am a guest of the mountains and woods.
I plough in the morning, turning dewy grasses,
And at evening tie my fisher-boat, breaking the quiet stream.
Back and forth I go, scarcely meeting anyone,
And sing a long poem and gaze at the blue sky.
