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Bamboo Lodge

王维Tang dynastyfive-character quatrain
SOURCE TEXT · 中文原文
独坐幽篁里，
弹琴复长啸；
深林人不知，
明月来相照。
English translation

Bamboo Lodge

Alone I sit deep in the shaded bamboo,
playing the zither and then whistling long.
Deep in the wood no one knows of it—
the bright moon comes and shines on me.