Tang Yun唐韵

No. 22 · Five-character quatrain

鸟鸣涧

Birds Calling in the Ravine

Niǎo Míng Jiàn

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.