贾岛: 寻隐者不遇/ jia dao: a note left for an absent ecluse

寻隐者不遇

贾岛

松下问童子， 言师采药去。

只在此山中， 云深不知处。

　

a note left for an absent ecluse

jia dao

when i questioned your pupil, under a pine-tree,

"my teacher," he answered, " went for herbs,

but toward which corner of the mountain,

how can i tell, through all these clouds ?"