終南別業 王維

終南別業    王維(701-761)

中歲頗好道，晚家南山陲。
興來每獨往，勝事空自知。
行到水窮處，坐看雲起時。
偶然值林叟，談笑無還期。

My Bower at Mt Zhongnan             Wang Wei (701-761)

Buddhist cultivation in my mid-age I tend to pursue,

In my late years on the slope of Mt. Zhongnan I’ve built my bower of recluse,
Whenever whimmed there I repair alone as a rule,
With no one to share I just keep the pleasurable moments to myself to peruse,
I gallivant to the end of the waters with no further to ensue,
Whence I sit contemplating the cloudscape’s evolving issues,
By chance I’ll run into a gaffer rural,
In a pleasant discourse we’ll engage and forget to truce.