Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Bamboo House

竹里館 (王維)
獨坐幽篁裏
彈琴復長嘯
深林人不知
明月來相照

Bamboo - Home - House (Wang Wei)
Alone - Sit - Remote - Bamboo Grove - Inside
Pluck - Instrument - Again - Long - Whistle
Deep - Forest - Person - Not - Know
Bright - Moon - Arrive - Each Other - Shine

Bamboo House (Wang Wei)
Sitting alone in a remote bamboo grove
Plucking my lute again and crooning
Deep in the forest no one is aware
The bright moon arrives and we shine on each other

竹里館: Bamboo House is the name the poet has given to a house he has built.

琴: This is just a general term for instrument, but because of '彈' it has to be a stringed instrument.

長嘯: to sing or croon

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