段成式·《闲中好》英译

闲中好，

尘务不萦心。

坐对当窗木，

看移三面阴。

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Xian Zhong Hao

Duan Cheng Shi

‘Tis good to be idle,

Worldly affairs bother me little.

I sit facing the tree outside my window

And watch its shade move on three sides.