李商隐: 北青萝/ li shangyin: north among green vines

北青萝

李商隐

残阳西入崦， 茅屋访孤僧。

落叶人何在？ 寒云路几层。

独敲初夜磬， 闲倚一枝藤。

世界微尘里， 吾宁爱与憎。

　

north among green vines

li shangyin

where the sun has entered the western hills,

i look for a monk in his little straw hut;

but only the fallen leaves are at home,

and i turn through chilling levels of cloud

i hear a stone gong in the dusk,

i lean full-weight on my slender staff

how within this world, within this grain of dust,

can there be any room for the passions of men?