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

田夫荷锄立,相见语依依。

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...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。

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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?

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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。

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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。

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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

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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。

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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?

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

北山白云里,隐者自怡悦

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And now, as I climb this mountain to see you, High with the wild geese flies my heart.

相望始登高,心随雁飞灭。

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The quiet dusk might seem a little sad If this autumn weather were not so brisk and clear

愁因薄暮起,兴是清秋发。

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I look down at the river bank, with homeward-bound villagers, Resting on the sand till the ferry returns;

时见归村人,沙行渡头歇。

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There are trees at the horizon like a row of grasses And against the river’s rim an island like the moon

天边树若荠,江畔洲如月。

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I hope that you will come and meet me, bringing a basket of wine . And we’ll celebrate together the Mountain Holiday.

何当载酒来,共醉重阳节

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The mountain-light suddenly fails in the west, in the east from the lake the slow moon rises.

山光忽西落,池月渐东上。

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I loosen my hair to enjoy the evening coolness and open my window and lie down in peace.

散发乘夜凉,开轩卧闲敞。

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The wind brings me odours of lotuses, and bamboo-leaves drip with a music of dew....

荷风送香气,竹露滴清响。

属类：文学表达-中文诗词-唐诗

I would take up my lute and I would play, but, alas, who here would understand?

欲取鸣琴弹,恨无知音赏。

属类：文学表达-中文诗词-唐诗

And so I think of you, old friend, O troubler of my midnight dreams !

感此怀故人,中宵劳梦想。

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