《归园田居其四》是东晋诗人陶渊明创作的组诗作品。此诗共十六句八十字，诗中借凭吊故墟，描写了农村残破荒凉的景象，反映了当时广大农民的悲惨遭遇。诗人因此感叹人生无常，思想比较消极。

陶渊明 《归园田居其四》

久去山泽游，浪莽林野娱。
试携子侄辈，披榛步荒墟。
徘徊丘垅间，依依昔人居。
井灶有遗处，桑竹残朽株。　
借问采薪者，此人皆焉如。
薪者向我言，死没无复余。
一世弃朝市，此语真不虚。
人生似幻化，终当归空无。

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After a prolonged absence,
For the wilds my passion I indulge.
Sons and nephews tagged along,
Through thickets we reach a ruined spot.
Over grave-mounds we loitered and sites,
Bearing signs of former life:
Scattered traces of hearths and wells,
Decayed bamboo and mulberry stems.
"Where have the people gone? "
I asked a nearby woodsman.
"All dead and done."
He replied.
"Within a generation change court and town"
Is an old saw all too true.
Life is like a melting dream,
To naught the living will fall back.