Wang Wei Quotes

紅豆生南國，春來發幾枝。
願君多採擷，此物最相思。

Red beans come from Southern country,
Few blossoms on vines when Spring comes.
For my sake please pick many of them,
They are the best symbol of true love.

独在异乡为异客，每逢佳节倍思亲。
遥知兄弟登高处，遍插茱萸少一人。

泛舟大河裏，積水窮天涯。
天波忽開拆，郡邑千萬家。
行復見城市，宛然有桑麻。
回瞻舊鄉國，淼漫連雲霞。

渭城朝雨浥轻尘，客舍青青柳色新。
劝君更尽一杯酒，西出阳关无故人。

空山不見人，但聞人語響。
返景入深林，復照青苔上。

The boat set sail upon the great river
whose swollen waters stretched to sky's edge.
Sky and waves split apart suddenly—
the district capital's thousands of homes.
Moving on, I can see the town market
and vaguely make out mulberry and hemp.
I turn to gaze back toward my homeland—
only vast floods that stretch to the clouds.

君自故鄉來，應知故鄉事。
來日綺窗前，寒梅著花未？

You have come from my home,
So you must know about things at home.
On the day you left—in front of my open-work window,
Had the winter plum opened into blossom yet?

Empty hills, no one in sight,
only the sound of someone talking;
late sunlight enters the deep wood,
shining over the green moss again.