井稅有常期，日[晏]猶得眠。
忽然遭世變，數歲親戎旃。
Above the lake are deep mountain valleys, And men dwelling whose hearts are without guile.
今來典斯郡，山夷又紛然。
城小賊不屠，人貧傷可憐。
Gay like children, they swarm to the tops of the trees; And run to the water to catch bream and trout.
是以陷隣境，此州獨見全。
使臣將王命，豈不如賊焉。
Their pleasures are the same as those of beasts and birds; They put no restraint either on body or mind.
今彼徴斂者，迫之如火煎。
誰能絕人命，以作時世賢。
Far I have wandered throughout the Nine Lands; Wherever I went such manners had disappeared.
思欲委符節，引竿自刺船。
將家就魚麥，歸老江湖邊。
I find myself standing and wondering, perplexed, Whether Saints and Sages have really done us good.