Song: Mei
Exhausted workers dug and dug all day and dug out the soil in front of the house, but there was not a tile in their own house.
A rich man lives in a tile-roofed building without touching mud.
Translation:
Tile-burning workers dug up the soil in front of the door to burn tiles, but there were no tiles on their house.
Those rich people live in high-rise buildings covered with tiles without even touching their fingers.
Precautions:
Pottery maker: One who makes pottery. This refers to the bricklayer.
Tao: It's the same as "Tao", meaning to dig bricks and burn tiles.
No tiles: No tiles.
Zhan: Just like Zhan.
Scale scale: describes that the roof tiles are arranged neatly like fish scales. Mansion: A tall house.