Hut Among the Bamboos 竹里館

Hut Among the Bamboos

Sitting alone in the dark bamboo thicket,

Strumming my lute and repeatedly sighing;

Deep in this grove where no one knows,

The bright moon comes for company.

Wang Wei (701-761)

竹里館

獨坐幽篁裡

彈琴復長嘯

深林人不知

明月來相照

王維 (701-761)

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）