Stay Overnight Master Ye’s Mountain House, Wait For Ding Feng, Who Has Yet to Arrive
宿业师山房待丁公不至
夕 阳 度 西 岭
群 壑 倏 已 暝。
松 月 生 夜 凉
风 泉 满 清 听。
樵 人 归 欲 尽
烟 鸟 栖 初 定。
之 子 期 宿 来
孤 琴 候 萝 径。
Su Ye Shi Shan Fang Dai Ding Gong Bu Zhi
Xi yang du xi ling
Qun he shu yi ming.
Song yue sheng ye liang
Feng quan man qing ting.
Qiao ren gui yu jin
Yan niao qi chu ding.
Zhi zi qi su lai
Gu qin hou luo jing.
Stay Overnight in Master Ye’s Mountain House, Wait for Ding Feng, Who Has Yet to Arrive
Setting sun lingers in western mountain ridges
Valley after valley suddenly turn dark.
Night grows cool amid pine trees and moonlight
Wind and spring water sounds heard clear and pure.
Woodcutters returning home now all gone
Mountain mists, perching birds, at the beginning of evening calm.
Ding Feng told me to meet him here
My solitary qin music and this scene by myself.
Notes:
Ding Feng: An old, hometown friend who also cannot pass the imperial exams. Meng wants to introduce him to a well-connected capital friend, so the plan was to meet him and talk in an out-of-the-way place.
Qin: Ancient Chinese stringed musical instrument.