Pure Serene Music

Pure Serene Music

by Xin Qiji

translated by Xu Yuanchong

The thatched roof slants low,

Beside the brook green grasses grow.

Who talks with drunken Southern voice to please?

White-haired man and wife at their ease.

East of the brook their eldest son is hoeing weeds;

Their second son now makes a cage for hens he feeds.

How pleasant to see their spoiled youngest son who heeds

Nothing but lies by brookside and pods lotus seeds!

清平乐·村居·茅檐低小

[宋] 辛弃疾

茅檐低小，溪上青青草。

醉里吴音相媚好，白发谁家翁媪？

大儿锄豆溪东，中儿正织鸡笼。

最喜小儿亡赖，溪头卧剥莲蓬