胡事乃躇躇？
直为亲旧故，
Why have I tarried and refrained to go? It’s for the sake of my dear kith and kin
未忍言索居。
良辰入奇怀，
That I have lived with them through thick and thin. When I am stirred by weather at its best,
挈杖还西庐。
荒途无归人，
I take my stick and go to huts in the west. No passers-by are witnessed on the way,
时时见废墟。
茅茨已就治，
With broken houses lying in decay. When I have repaired my thatched roof now,
新畴复应畬。
谷风转凄薄，
I put more wasteland under ox and plough. As the eastern wind is blowing cold and hard,
春醪解饥劬。
弱女虽非男，
I drink tasty spring liquor in the yard. Although my dainty daughter is not a boy,