Chinese Puzzle Box

Explorations in and about China

The Bamboo Pavilion – Wang Wei

I sit alone in the bamboo grove
Strumming the qin and whistling.
Deep in the grove no one sees,
Only the bright moon shining.

竹里馆
zhu li guan
bamboo in guest house

唐代:王维
tang dai – Wang Wei
Tang dynasty – Wang Wei

独坐幽篁里,
du zuo you huang li,
alone sit secluded bamboo grove in,

弹琴复长啸。
tan qin fu zhang xiao.
strum [zither]again long whistle

深林人不知,
shen lin ren bu zhi,
Deep forest men not know,

明月来相照。
ming yue lai xiang zhao.
bright moon come appear shine.

 

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