The thatched roof slants low,
茅檐低小?
Beside the brook green grasses grow.
溪上青青草。
Who talks with drunken Southern voice to please?
醉里吴音相媚好，
White-haired man and wife at their ease.
白发谁家翁媪？
East of the brook their eldest son is hoeing weeds;
大儿锄豆溪东，
Their second son now makes a cage for hens he feeds.
中儿正织鸡笼。
How pleasant to see their spoiled youngest son who heeds
最喜小儿无赖，
Nothing but lies by brookside and pods lotus seeds!
溪头卧剥莲蓬。