A Study

Portrait of Wang Wei
Wang Wei 699–761

Light cloud pavilion light rain Dark yard day weary open Sit look green moss colour About to on person clothes come

There's light cloud, and drizzle round the pavilion, In the dark yard, I wearily open a gate. I sit and look at the colour of green moss, Ready for people's clothing to pick up.

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