Wang Wei
In a Bamboo Grove (獨篁裡)
Section titled “In a Bamboo Grove (獨篁裡)” 獨 坐 幽 篁 裡
彈琴 復 長 嘯
深林 人 不 知
明月 來 相照
I sit alone in a quiet bamboo grove
I play the lute and sing and sing
In the deep forest where no one knows
The bright moon comes to shine on me here
dú zuò yōu huáng lǐ
tán qín fù cháng xiào
shēn lín rén bù zhī
míngyuè lái xiāng zhào
Deer Park (鹿柴)
Section titled “Deer Park (鹿柴)” 空山 不 见 人
但 闻 人 语响
返 景 入 深林
复 照 青苔 上
On the empty mountain, no one to be seen.
Yet I hear a person's voice.
Sunbeams return to the dense trees.
Once more brightening the green moss.
kung shaen bwit kjen nin
dan vun nin gu shiang
fan tsing zip shim lim
fuk zhaw tshing thai shiang