Yang Wanli: Young Children Ridicule Me

 

Young Children Ridicule Me

 

嘲 稚 子
雨 里 般 中 不 自 田
无 愁 稚 子 亦 成 愁。
看 渠 坐 睡 何 曾 醒
及 至 教 眠 却 掉 头。
Chao Zhi Zi

Yu li pan zhong bu zi tian
Wu chou zhi zi yi cheng chou.
Kan qu zuo shui he ceng xing
Ji zhi jiao mian que diao tou.

 

Young Children Ridicule Me

Under the boat’s lean-to, rain also falls upon the fields
Young children without sorrows, moan like they have some.
They sit and watch the canal waters go by and fall asleep
Droopy heads and eyelids until now, may not do so come nightfall.