<Header>
<Author: 王維>
<Title: 山居秋暝>
<Format: 五言律詩>
<Year: 2006>
<BookName: THE SELECTED POEMS OF WANG WEI>
<Translator: Hington, David>
<TranslatedTitle: Autumn Twilight, Dwelling among Mountains>
<BookPage: 76>
<UsedPage: 1>
<Feature: 0>
<End Header>
<Poem>
空山新雨後，
天氣晚來秋。
明月松間照，
清泉石上流。
竹喧歸浣女，
蓮動下漁舟。
隨意春芳歇，
王孫自可留。
<End Poem>
<Translation>
In empty mountains after the new rains,
it's late. Sky-ch'i has brought autumn─
bright moon incandescent in the pines,
crystalline stream slipping across rocks.
Bamboo rustles: homeward washerwomen.
Lotuses waver: a boat gone downstream.
Spring blossoms wither away by design,
but a distant recluse can stay on and on.
<End Translation>