Deer Cottage 鹿柴

Deserted mountain--I see no one,

But I hear sounds of peoples' voices;

The returning bright, enters my deep wood

Again to shimmer on the green lichen .

Wang Wei (701-761)

鹿柴

空山不見人,

但聞人語響,

返景入深林,

復照靑苔上

王維 (701-761)

Mourning for My Wife

Of age, we became man and wife,

And now it's been seventeen years.

We couldn't see enough of each other,

Much less be apart for long.

My hair already is so very white,

Will my body want to stay whole long?

At last we should lie in the same hole,

Not yet dead, my tears fall and fall.

Mei Yao-ch'en (1002-1060)

悼亡

結髮為夫婦，

於今十七年。

相看猶不足，

何況是長捐。

我鬢已多白，

此身寧久全？

終當與同穴，

未死淚漣漣。

梅堯臣

Stopping among the Mountains on an Autumn Night

Solitary mountains following a fresh rain,

The weather's a late arriving autumn.

A stunning moon shines among the pines,

While a clear spring runs over the rocks.

Bamboos rustle as girls return from baths,

Lotuses sway under our fishing boat.

Free to linger in the spring perfume,

A prince could abandon himself.

Wang Wei (700-761)

山居秋暝

空山新雨後，

天氣晚來秋。

明月松間照，

清泉石上流。

竹喧歸浣女，

蓮動下漁舟。

隨意春芳歇，

王孫自可留。

王維（公元700─761）