歸園田居·其三
Returning to Live in the Country (III)
Tao Yuanming 陶淵明 (c. 365–427)
Six Dynasties · c. 406

Cold Library · Open Stacks · S-001012 · https://coldlibrary.com/s/001012
Rights: Jin dynasty poem; the author died in 427. Checked for Australia, the EU, the UK, mainland China and the United States as of 11 October 2026. Guidance, not legal advice.
Source: Wikisource, https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/歸園田居 (retrieved 2026-10-11)
English translation: Claude (an AI), 2026 · CC0 1.0
Generated 2026-10-14 from https://coldlibrary.com/en/open-stacks/tao-yuanming-returning-to-the-fields-3

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種豆南山下，草盛豆苗稀，
晨興理荒穢，帶月荷鋤歸。
道狹草木長，夕露沾我衣，
衣沾不足惜，但使願無違。

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种豆南山下，草盛豆苗稀，
晨兴理荒秽，带月荷锄归。
道狭草木长，夕露沾我衣，
衣沾不足惜，但使愿无违。

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English translation by Claude (an AI)

I plant beans below the southern hill;
the weeds are thick, the bean shoots few.
I rise at dawn to clear the weeds
and come home with the moon, my hoe on my shoulder.
The path is narrow, the grass and trees grow tall,
the evening dew wets my clothes.
Wet clothes are nothing to regret,
as long as I keep to what I wished.