Cooked My Morning Meal In Kongzhen Near the Qi Bridge, Recorded Into My Travel Journal
发 孔 镇， 晨 炊 漆 桥， 道 中 纪 行
斫 地 烧 畲 旋 旋 开
豆 花 麻 荚 更 菘 栽。
荒 山 半 寸 无 遗 土
田 父 何 曾 一 饱 来！
Fa Kong Zhen, Chen Chui Qi Qiao, Dao Zhong Ji Xing
Zhuo di shao she xuan xuan kai
Dou hua ma jia geng song zai.
Huang shan ban cun wu yi tu
Tian fu he ceng yi bao lai!
Cooked My Morning Meal In Kongzhen Near the Qi Bridge, Recorded Into My Travel Journal
Farmers burning old stumps and slash, then plow open the earth
Seedlings growing different tiers of bean flowers, hemp pods, and cabbage leaves.
Not one half of an inch of fallowed ground in these wild mountains
Even then the fields with income after taxes barely enough to survive.