种豆南山下，I sow beans’ neath southern hill;

草盛豆苗稀。Bean shoots are lost where weeds o’ erthepath grow.

晨兴理荒秽，I weed at dawn though early still;

带月荷锄归。I plod home with my moonlit hoe.

道狭草木长，The path is narrow, grasses tall,

夕露沾我衣。With evening dew my clothes wet,

衣沾不足惜，To which I pay no heed at all,

但使愿无违。If my desire can but be met.