Huang Fuyue at Yunxi: Five Poems: No. 1
皇 甫 岳 云 溪 杂 题： 五 首
鸟
人 闲 桂 花 落
夜 静 春 山 空。
月 出 惊 山 鸟
时 鸣 春 涧 中。
Huang Fu Yue Yun Xi Za Ti: Wu Shou
Niao
Ren xian gui hua luo
Ye jing chun shan kong.
Yue chu jing shan niao
Shi ming chun jian zhong.
Huang Fuyue at Yunxi: Five Poems: No. 1
Birds
People in idle leisure, cassia flowers fall down
Night quiet and still, springtime mountains empty.
Moon rises, mountain birds surprised
The season of singing birds among the canyon’s falling water.
Notes:
Huang Fuyue: One of Wang Wei’s friends
Yuanxi: Name and place of Huang Fuyue’s country house near the capital city of Chang’an (Xi’an).