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Rh hân liân têng tiok hong lâm tō pĭet

chō liâu hun hŏk suí san lâi gĭap

thèng jîn bī keng iàng tong seng ku

chhun kéng sĕk tong oân hōr ún iu

khîm gōe im soat lîm iú sim chhù

Sweet rendering by Mr. J. E.

To a lonely country home, Seeking holiday I come, Cherishing while none intrude, Thoughts in love with solitude, Mountain scenery fronts my door, And the Hong flows on before, In its waters deep I see, Images of house and tree. Downward bending each bamboo, Still looks fresh the winter through, Round my darkened cottage home, Long ere nightfall all is gloom, Far from men in this retreat, Freed from busy cares I sit, Listening to the birds that sing, Hymns of welcome to the spring.