本(ほん)を読み(よみ)、琵琶(びわ)や琴(こと)を弾き(ひき)、四季の(しきの)自然(しぜん)を楽しみながら(たのしみながら)心穏やか(こころおだやか)に過ごした

Life in this Hojo hut was extremely simple, but for Chomei, it held great joy. He read books quietly, played his favorite lute (Biwa) and zither (Koto), and while enjoying the changing of the four seasons outside his window, spent his days in peace. There were absolutely no troublesome human relationships of the city.