Wild geese fly high / With wings a rustling.
We toilers hie / Afield a-bustling.
Some mourn their fate:
They've lost their mate. / Wild geese in flight
之子于垣，百堵皆作。
虽则劬劳，其究安宅。
鸿雁于飞，哀鸣嗷嗷。
维此哲人，谓我劬劳。
维彼愚人，谓我宣骄。
许渊冲
In marsh alight. / We build town wall
From spring to fall. / We've done our best
But have no rest.
Wild geese fly high; / They mourn and cry.
The wise may know / Do not complain! "