寻隐者不遇

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(唐）贾岛

松下问童子，

言师采药去。

只在此山中，

云深不知处。

Seeking the Hidden One

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Jia Dao (Tang), translated by Gary Young with Yanwen Xu

I ask a boy under a pine tree about my friend,

And he says, my teacher is away picking herbs.

I only know he’s in the mountains,

Somewhere inside the thick clouds.

 

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