Visiting an Old Friend’s Cottage
Author: Meng Haoran
This work is included in: Three Hundred Tang Poems
故人具鸡黍，邀我至田家。
My old friend has prepared chicken and millet, inviting me to his farmhouse.
绿树村边合，青山郭外斜。
Green trees surround the village, and blue hills slant beyond the city wall.
开筵面场圃，把酒话桑麻。
We open the feast facing the threshing ground and garden, holding wine cups to talk about mulberry and hemp.
待到重阳日，还来就菊花。
When the Double Ninth Festival comes, I will return to enjoy the chrysanthemums.