韩翃: 同题仙游观/ han hong: inscribed in the temple of the wandering genie

同题仙游观

韩翃

仙台初见五城楼， 风物凄凄宿雨收。

山色遥连秦树晚， 砧声近报汉宫秋。

疏松影落空坛静， 细草香闲小洞幽。

何用别寻方外去？ 人间亦自有丹丘。

　

inscribed in the temple of the wandering genie

han hong

i face, high over this enchanted lodge, the court of the five cities of heaven,

and i see a countryside blue and still, after the long rain.

the distant peaks and trees of qin merge into twilight,

and had palace washing-stones make their autumnal echoes.

thin pine-shadows brush the outdoor pulpit,

and grasses blow their fragrance into my little cave.

...who need be craving a world beyond this one?

here, among men, are the purple hills