邱为

　　寻西山隐者不遇

　　绝顶一茅茨， 直上三十里；

　　扣关无僮仆， 窥室惟案几。

　　若非巾柴车？ 应是钓秋水。

　　差池不相见， 黾勉空仰止。

　　草色新雨中， 松声晚窗里；

　　及兹契幽绝， 自足荡心耳。

　　虽无宾主意， 颇得清净理。

　　兴尽方下山， 何必待之子。

　　Five-character-ancient-verse

　　Qiu Wei

　　AFTER MISSING THE RECLUSE¹

　　ON THE WESTERN MOUNTAIN

　　To your hermitage here on the top of the mountain

　　I have climbed, without stopping, these ten miles.

　　I have knocked at your door, and no one answered；

　　I have peeped into your room, at your seat beside the table.

　　Perhaps you are out riding in your canopied² chair,

　　Or fishing, more likely, in some autumn pool.

　　Sorry though I am to be missing you,

　　You have become my meditation³ ——

　　The beauty of your grasses, fresh with rain,

　　And close beside your window the music of your pines.

　　I take into my being all that I see and hear,

　　Soothing⁴ my senses, quieting my heart；

　　And though there be neither host nor guest,

　　Have I not reasoned a visit complete？

　　……After enough, I have gone down the mountain.

　　Why should I wait for you any longer？