麻葉層層糝葉光，
誰家煮蠶一村香？
III The leaves of jute and hemp are thick and lush in this land;
隔簾嬌語絡絲娘。
垂白杖藜抬醉眼，
The scent of boiling cocoons in the village spreads. Across the fence young maidens prate while reeling threads.
捋青搗麩軟飢腸。
問言豆葉幾時黃？
An old man raises dim-sighted eyes, cane in hand; He picks new wheat so that his hunger he may ease.