1, "Shepherd's Ci" by Li She in Tang Dynasty
Original text:
In the morning, go to herd cattle, and the cattle will go to Jiangwan.
Go to herd cattle at night and drive cattle in the village.
Walking in the rain-covered Woods, folding and lying on the green grass, singing a little song.
The waist is full of short arrows of basil, and I am no longer afraid of tigers biting my calves.
Translation:
The shepherd boy went to herd cattle in the morning and passed by the winding river bank.
The shepherd boy went to herd cattle at night and passed through several village valleys.
Wearing hemp fiber out of the forest, spring rain trickles in Zhejiang, lying on the sand and grass playing the flute and blowing the green river bank.
There are wormwood around, and bows and arrows are hung around the waist, lest the tiger bully the yellow calf.
2. Grandma by Lu You in Song Dynasty
Original text:
The village is sunny in the evening, and peach blossoms reflect fresh water.
Where is the shepherd boy going? A seagull sleeps on the back of a cow.
Translation:
The village is still sunny in the evening, and the peach blossoms are more brightly reflected in the water.
Where did the shepherd boy go? A seagull fell asleep on the back of a cow.
3. The Shepherd's Poetry by Huang Tingjian in Song Dynasty
Original text:
Riding cattle and piccolo blowing through the village thousands of villages away.
How many Chang 'an fame and fortune guests, organ failure is not as good as jun.
Translation:
In the distance, I saw the shepherd boy riding a cow slowly through the front village, and the breeze sent bursts of shepherd flutes across the ridge.
Those who seek fame and gain in Chang 'an are not so carefree as you.
4. Torrential Rain by Hua Yue in Song Dynasty.
Original text:
The black clouds in oxtail pour thick ink, and the wind and rain blow the axle. The surging waves instantly rolled up the beach, and a hundred thousand troops roared down the waterfall.
The shepherd boy lives in Xixi Canal and invades Niumuxi North. Rushing across the stream in the rain, the rain suddenly cleared and the mountains were green.
Translation:
The dark clouds at the oxtail are like thick ink, and the wind and rain at the oxhead are like water. In an instant, the surging waves rolled up on the beach, like thousands of troops struggling hard, roaring like waterfalls and thundering, which made people shudder!
The shepherd boy lives in Xixi Bay and rides an ox to north beach in the morning. I hurried across the stream to the village in the rain, but I didn't expect the rainstorm to suddenly stop and the mountain to be green again.
5. "Village Night" in Lei Zhen in Southern Song Dynasty
Original text:
In a pond full of grass, the water is full of water, and the mountains cover the waves.
Cowherd's child sat on the cow's back and casually played the tune with piccolo.
Translation:
Green grass covered the pond, and the water in the pond almost overflowed the bank. Castle peak in the distance, with scarlet sunset glow in its mouth, reflects the shadow in the water together, shining with waves.
The little shepherd boy rode on the back of the cow and went home slowly; Holding a piccolo, playing casually, without a fixed voice.
6. "Look" of Yuan Mei in Qing Dynasty
Original text:
Cowboys ride on the backs of oxen, and songs echo in the forest.
Suddenly want to catch the song of the tree, immediately stop singing and stand by the tree silently.
Translation:
The shepherd boy rode on the back of the cow, and the loud song echoed in the forest.
Suddenly, I wanted to catch the cicada in singing in the trees, so I stopped singing and stood quietly by the tree.