王维: 送梓州李使君/ wang wei: a message to commissioner li at zizhou

送梓州李使君

王维

万壑树参天， 千山响杜鹃。

山中一夜雨， 树杪百重泉。

汉女输橦布， 巴人讼芋田。

文翁翻教授， 不敢倚先贤。

　

a message to commissioner li at zizhou

wang wei

from ten thousand valleys the trees touch heaven;

on a thousand peaks cuckoos are calling;

and, after a night of mountain rain,

from each summit come hundreds of silken cascades.

...if girls are asked in tribute the fibre they weave,