Birds Calling in the Ravine

Portrait of Wang Wei
Wang Wei 699–761

I'm idle, as osmanthus flowers fall, This quiet night in spring, the hill is empty. The moon comes out and startles the birds on the hill, They don't stop calling in the spring ravine.

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