QiuWei AFTERMISSINGTHERECLUSE ONTHEWESTERNMOUNTAIN Toyourhermitagehereonthetopofthemountain Ihaveclimbed,withoutstopping,thesetenmiles. Ihaveknockedatyourdoor,andnooneanswered; Ihavepeepedintoyourroo
Qiu Wei
AFTER MISSING THE RECLUSE
ON THE WESTERN MOUNTAIN
To your hermitage here on the top of the mountain
I have climbed, without stopping, these ten miles.
I have knocked at your door, and no one answered;
I have peeped into your room, at your seat beside the table.
Perhaps you are out riding in your canopied chair,
Or fishing, more likely, in some autumn pool.
Sorry though I am to be missing you,
You have become my meditation --
The beauty of your grasses, fresh with rain,
And close beside your window the music of your pines.
I take into my being all that I see and hear,
Soothing my senses, quieting my heart;
And though there be neither host nor guest,
Have I not reasoned a visit complete?
...After enough, I have gone down the mountain.
Why should I wait for you any longer?
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五言古诗
綦毋潜
春泛若耶溪
幽意无断绝, 此去随所偶;
晚风吹行舟, 花路入溪口。
际夜转西壑, 隔山望南斗。
潭烟飞溶溶, 林月低向后。
生事且弥漫, 愿为持竿叟。
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Five-character-ancient-verse
Qiwu Qian
A BOAT IN SPRING ON RUOYA LAKE
Thoughtful elation has no end:
Onward I bear it to whatever come.
And my boat and I, before the evening breeze
Passing flowers, entering the lake,
Turn at nightfall toward the western valley,
Where I watch the south star over the mountain
And a mist that rises, hovering soft,
And the low moon slanting through the trees;
And I choose to put away from me every worldly matter
And only to be an old man with a fishing-pole.
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