「登观音台望城」白居易

百千家似围棋局，十二街如种菜畦。

遥认微微入朝火，一条星宿五门西。

CLIMBING THE TERRACE OF KUAN-YIN AND LOOKING AT THE CITY 

Hundreds of houses, thousands of houses, — like a chessboard. 

The twelve streets like a field planted with rows of cabbage. 

In the distance perceptible, dim, dim — the fire of approaching dawn ; 

And a single row of stars lying to the west of the Five Gates. 

「登灵应台北望」白居易

临高始见人寰小，对远方知色界空。

回首却归朝市去，一稊米落太仓中。

CLIMBING THE LING YING TERRACE AND LOOKING NORTH 

Mounting on high I begin to realize the smallness of Man's Domain; 

Gazing into distance I begin to know the vanity of the Carnal World. 

I turn my head and hurry home — back to the Court and Market, _^ 

A single grain of rice falling — into the Great Barn,