You remove a jade pendant—to exchange for a lute,
and sell a few books to buy wine.
Nights in the pavilion, among the bamboo, listening to the snow;
time spent looking at flowers at the plum blossom hut!
Your daughter has been married to a local farmer,
your son has become a gardener.
The old man next door is impossibly vulgar:
but how can you refuse when he asks you over for a drink?