wang wei 王維 (tang dinasty, 618-907)

(i)

sitting in mystic bamboo grove, back unseen

press stops of long whistle

deep forest unpierced by man

moon and I face each other

ezra pound

(i)

bamboo lane house

sitting alone, hid in bamboo

plucking the lute and gravely whistling.

people wouldn't know that deep woods

can be this bright    in the moon.

garry snyder

(iii)

bamboo-midst cottage

sitting alone in recluse bamboo dark

I play a ch'in, settle into breath chants.

in these forest depths no one knows

this moon come bathing me in light.

david hinton

(iv)

moon

alone sitting in bamboo and mist

lute playing & grave chant

deep in woods,

an unseen bright

eiich

(.)

竹里館  

獨坐幽篁裡

彈琴復長嘯

深林人不知 

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