The Eastern Suburbs
東郊 · Three Hundred Tang Poems
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The Eastern Suburbs
Confined to my office for the whole year,
I emerge to the suburbs at the clear dawn.
Willows scatter a gentle breeze,
Green mountains calm my troubled thoughts.
By the thickets I rest as I please,
Along the stream I wander and then return again.
A fine mist veils the fragrant meadow,
Where does the spring turtle-dove sing?
Delighting in seclusion, my heart often pauses,
Yet following my duties, I must hasten once more.
When at last I resign, I will build a cottage here—
In emulating Tao Yuanming, I may truly find what I seek.
東郊
吏舍跼終年，出郊曠清曙。
楊柳散和風，青山澹吾慮。
依叢適自憩，緣澗還復去。
微雨靄芳原，春鳩鳴何處？
樂幽心屢止，遵事跡猶遽。
終罷斯一作「期」結廬，慕陶真一作「直」可庶。