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Small farm near Lushan
Below South Mountain Inviting a Sage Gardener To Plant Melons
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Meng Haoran 689-740
Shepherds, woodcutters, South Mountain
forest and village far north of city walls.
my ancestors left me a simple farm here,
complete with sage gardener for neighbor.
Why a thousand orange trees? I'm content
enough depending on five-color melons.
The venerable Melon Lord can visit now:
I've cut back brambles, opened a path.
Or, an alternate translation by Dongbo:
An Old Melon Grower On Nanshan
Meng Haoran 689-740
Collecting firewood near Nanshan,
Peddling it at North Gate.
My ancestors left me this plot,
Now I've become an old farmer.
I don't raise thousands of Orange trees,
Only fields of five colored melons.
Lofty Ping comes to visit me,
Opening the gate I see fluffy hemp.
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Nánshān Xià Yǔ Lǎopǔ Qī Zhōngguā
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Mèng Hàorán 689-740
Mèng Hàorán
Qiáo mù Nánshān jìn,
Lín lú běi guō shē.
Xiānrén liú sùyè,
lǎo pǔ zuò lín jiā.
Bù zhǒng qiān zhū jú,
Wéi zī wǔ sè guā.
Quán pīng néng jiù wǒ,
Kāi jìng yǒu péng má.
Kāi jìng jiǎn péng má.
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Notes: With translations there are dozens of ways to skin the cat.....
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