And the farmers, returning with hoes on their shoulders, Hail one another familiarly.

田夫荷锄立,相见语依依。

属类：文学表达-中文诗词-唐诗

...No wonder I long for the simple life. And am sighing the old song, Oh, to go back Again!

即此羡闲逸,怅然吟式微。

属类：文学表达-中文诗词-唐诗

Since beauty is honoured all over the Empire, How could Xi Shi remain humbly at home?--

艳色天下重,西施宁久微?

属类：文学表达-中文诗词-唐诗

Washing clothes at dawn by a southern lake--And that evening a great lady in a palace of the north

朝为越溪女,暮作吴宫妃。

属类：文学表达-中文诗词-唐诗

Lowly one day, no different from the others, The next day exalted, everyone praising her.

贱日岂殊众?贵来方悟稀。

属类：文学表达-中文诗词-唐诗

No more would her own hands powder her face Or arrange on her shoulders a silken robe.

邀人傅脂粉,不自着罗衣

属类：文学表达-中文诗词-唐诗

And the more the King loved her, the lovelier she looked, blinding him away from wisdom.

君宠益娇态,君怜无是非。

属类：文学表达-中文诗词-唐诗

..Girls who had once washed silk beside her were kept at a distance from her chariot.

当时浣纱伴,莫得同车归。

属类：文学表达-中文诗词-唐诗

And none of the girls in her neighbours' houses by pursing their brows could copy her beauty.

持谢邻家子,效颦安可希?

属类：文学表达-中文诗词-唐诗

On a northern peak among white clouds, You have found your hermitage of peace;

北山白云里,隐者自怡悦

属类：文学表达-中文诗词-唐诗