范成大·《田家》英译

昼出耘田夜绩麻，村庄儿女各当家。

童孙未解供耕织，也傍桑阴学种瓜。

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A Peasant’s Family

Fan Chengda

Peasants go out to cultivate the fields by day,

And weaving plain cloth by night, their wives indoors stay.

Children don’t know how to help their parents to weed;

Under mulberry tree they learn to sow melon seeds.