王維

送別

下馬飲君酒， 問君何所之？

君言不能意， 歸臥南山陲。

但去莫復聞， 白云無盡時。

Five-character-quatrain

Wang Wei

AT PARTING¹

I dismount from my horse and I offer^{2 you wine3,}

And I ask you where you are going^{4 and why.}

And you answer： I am discontent

And would^{5 rest at the foot of the southern6 mountain.}

So give me leave and ask me no questions.

White clouds pass there without end.