My little children are playing at my side, Learning to talk… - Tao Yuanming

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My little children are playing at my side,
Learning to talk, they babble unformed sounds.
These things have made me happy again
And I forget my lost cap of office.
Distant, distant I gaze at the white clouds:
With a deep yearning I think of the Sages of Antiquity.

Tao Yuanming

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Tao Yuanming (Chinese: 陶渊明) (365–427), also known as T'ao Ch'ien, was a Chinese poet.

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Alternative Names: Yuanming • T'ao Ch'ien • Tao Qian • Tao Yuan Ming • Yuanliang • Tao ling • Tao qian • Jingjie

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While picking asters 'neath the Eastern fence,
My gaze upon the Southern mountain rests.

少无适俗韵，性本爱丘山。
误落尘网中，一去三十年。
羁鸟恋旧林，池鱼思故渊。
开荒南野际，守拙归田园。
方宅十余亩，草屋八九间。
榆柳荫后椋，桃李罗堂前。
暧暧远人村，依依墟里烟。
狗吠深巷中，鸡鸣桑树颠。
户庭无尘杂，虚室有余闲。
久在樊笼里，复得返自然。

Let me then remember, to calm my heart's distress,
That the Sages of old were often in like case.

My little children are playing at my side, Learning to talk, they babble unformed sounds. These things have made me happy again And I forget my lost … - Tao Yuanming

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