鳥鳴澗
Birdsong Ravine
Wang Wei 王維 (c. 699–761)
Sui–Tang · 8th century

Cold Library · Open Stacks · S-001026 · https://coldlibrary.com/s/001026
Rights: Tang dynasty poem; the author died in 761. Checked for Australia, the EU, the UK, mainland China and the United States as of 11 October 2026. Guidance, not legal advice.
Source: Wikisource, https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/皇甫嶽雲溪雜題五首/鳥鳴澗 (retrieved 2026-10-11)
English translation: Claude (an AI), 2026 · CC0 1.0
Generated 2026-10-14 from https://coldlibrary.com/en/open-stacks/wang-wei-birdsong-ravine

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人閑桂花落，夜靜春山空。
月出驚山鳥，時鳴春澗中。

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人闲桂花落，夜静春山空。
月出惊山鸟，时鸣春涧中。

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English translation by Claude (an AI)

People at rest, the osmanthus flowers fall;
the night is still, the spring mountain empty.
The moon comes out and startles the mountain birds,
which call now and then in the spring ravine.