No. 22 · Five-character quatrain
鸟鸣涧
Birds Calling in the Ravine
by Wang Wei 王维 · 699 – 761
- Spring
- Night
- Silence
人闲桂花落Man at leisure, osmanthus flowers fall;
夜静春山空night is still, the spring hills empty.
月出惊山鸟The moon rises and startles the mountain birds —
时鸣春涧中now and then they call into the spring ravine.
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