柳宗元

　　溪居

　　久为簪组累， 幸此南夷谪。

　　闲依农圃邻， 偶似山林客。

　　晓耕翻露草， 夜榜响溪石，

　　来往不逢人， 长歌楚天碧。

　　Five-character-ancient-verse

　　Liu Zongyuan

　　DWELLING BY A STREAM

　　I had so long been troubled by official hat and robe

　　That I am glad to be an exile here in this wild southland.

　　I am a neighbour now of planters and reapers.

　　I am a guest of the mountains and woods.

　　I plough in the morning, turning dewy grasses,

　　And at evening tie my fisher-boat, breaking the quiet stream.

　　Back and forth I go, scarcely meeting anyone,

　　And sing a long poem and gaze at the blue sky.