柳宗元·《溪居》英译

久为簪组累，幸此南夷谪。

闲依农圃邻，偶似山林客。

晓耕翻露草，夜榜响溪石。

来往不逢人，长歌楚天碧。

Abiding by the Runlet

Liu Zongyuan

For long being entangled by ties of office,

I sense fine hap as an exile to the wild South.

In my leisurely sojourn with farming neighbours,

I feel I am somewhat like a mountain sylvan.

In daybreak tillage upturning dewy weeds,

In nightly row resounding oar strokes from bank rocks,

I come and go without meeting anyone.

And sing aloud ‘neath the azure sky of Chu.