Niaomingjian
Wang Wei
People are idle, osmanthus flowers fall, and the night is quiet and empty.
When the moon comes out, the birds are startled, and the sound enters the spring stream.
Vernacular translation
First, the spring night is quiet, and you can hear the sound of osmanthus falling.
When the moon comes out, it wakes the birds, sometimes singing in the mountains.
Second, the spring is silent, and osmanthus falls unconsciously. Silence makes the mountains in spring night more empty. The moon came out. The bird was startled by the moonlight. From time to time, there were waves of clear birdsong in the mountain stream.
Brief introduction of the author
Wang Wei, a poet in Tang Dynasty. The word stroke. His father was originally from Qi (now Shanxi) and later moved to Yongji West, Shanxi, becoming a Hedong native. Kaiyuan (year number of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, 7 13-74 1) entered the tenth place. When An Lushan rebels were trapped in Chang 'an, they were hired. After the chaos, they were demoted to Prince Zhongyun.
After the official to ministers right cheng, so also known as Wang Youcheng. In his later years, he lived in Wangchuan, Lantian, and lived an honest and secluded life. Poetry is as famous as Haoran and is called "Wang Meng".