王维: 终南别业/ wang wei: my retreat at mount zhongnan

终南别业

王维

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。

　

my retreat at mount zhongnan

wang wei

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.