Yang Wanli: Happy Households and Fields

Happy Households and Fields

田 家 乐

稻 穗 堆 场 谷 满 车
家 家 鸡 犬 更 桑 麻。
漫 栽 木 槿 成 篱 落
已 得 清 阴 又 得 花。

Tian Jia Le

Dao sui dui chang gu man che
Jia jia ji quan geng sang ma.
Man zai mu jin cheng li luo
Yi de qing yin you de hua.

Happy Households and Fields

Mature rice kernels piled up next to the threshing ground and filled-up carts
Every family grows mulberry trees among the sounds of chickens and dogs.
Everywhere gombo hemp trees have been planted for fences and hedgerows
They provide not only a clear shade, but flowers as well.