After Long Rain at Wangchuan Farmstead
積雨輞川莊作 · Three Hundred Tang Poems
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After Long Rain at Wangchuan Farmstead
Rain lingers, and in empty woods the smoke burns slow,
I steam goosefoot and millet to feed the eastern fields.
Over boundless watery fields, egrets soar and glide,
Through dark summer woods, orioles sing and hide.
In the mountain I cultivate stillness, watching morning glories bloom,
Beneath the pine, with simple fare, I pluck dew-wet wild greens.
The old rustic has quarreled for his seat and made his peace—
Why should the seagulls still eye me with suspicion?
積雨輞川莊作
積雨空林煙火遲，蒸藜炊黍餉東菑。
漠漠水田飛白鷺，陰陰夏木囀黃鸝。
山中習靜觀朝槿，松下清齋折露葵。
野老與人爭席罷，海鷗何事一作「處」更相疑。