The Great Canal

汴 河 怀 古

[唐] 皮日休（许渊冲译）

The Great Canal was blamed for the Sui Empire’s fall,

But on its waves the goods and food are brought to all.

Could the flood-fighting emperor do anything more,

Than the Sui dragon-boats of three stories or four?

尽道隋亡为此河，

至今千里赖通波。

若无水殿龙舟事，

共禹论功不较多。

[词汇] goods

n. 商品；动产，私人财产；<英>（公路、铁路等运输的）货物；<美，非正式>本领；<美，非正式>正要寻找的人（或物）​

We deliver the goods in batches.

我们分批交付货物。