唐诗三百首英译 王维：终南别业

五言律诗

王维

终南别业

中岁颇好道， 晚家南山陲。

兴来美独往， 胜事空自知。

行到水穷处， 坐看云起时。

偶然值林叟， 谈笑无还期。

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Wang Wei

MY RETREAT AT MOUNT ZHONGNAN

My heart in middle age found the Way.

And I came to dwell at the foot of this mountain.

When the spirit moves， I wander alone

Amid beauty that is all for me……

I will walk till the water checks my path，

Then sit and watch the rising clouds ——

And some day meet an old wood-cutter

And talk and laugh and never return.