Children Leading an Ox in Anle Fang
安 乐 坊 牧 童
前 二 牵 牛 渡 溪 水
后 儿 骑 牛 回 问 事。
一 儿 吹 笛 笠 簪 花
一 牛 栽 儿 行 引 子。
春 溪 嫩 水 清 无 滓
春 州 细 草 碧 无 瑕。
五 牛 远 去 莫 管 地
隔 溪 便 是 群 儿 家。
忽 然 头 上 数 点 雨
三 笠 四 蓑 赶 将 去。
An Yue Fang Mu Tong
Qian er qian niu du xi shui
Hou er qi niu hui wen shi.
Yi er chui di li zan hua
Yi niu zai er hang yin zi.
Chun xi nen shui qing wu zi
Chun zhou xi cao bu wu xia.
Wu niu yuan qu mo guan di
Ge xi bian shi qun er jia.
Hu ran tou shang shu dian yu
San li si suo gan jiang qu.
Children Leading an Ox in Anle Fang
Young children leading an ox across the small stream water
Older children follow behind mounted and attending to their tasks.
One child plays a flute with hairpinned flowers under a conical straw hat.
Trailing the adult oxen is a row of the young oxen.
Springtime small streams clear without any sediments
Islets with thin spring grasses without any weeds.
Five oxen return from a distant sunset
All of the children’s houses between small streams
Suddenly raindrops fall upon their heads
They rush back home wearing bamboo hats and straw rain ponchos.