送靈澈 劉長卿

送靈澈

蒼蒼竹林寺， 杳杳鐘聲晚。

荷笠?guī)标枺?青山獨歸遠。

Liu Changqing

ON PARTING WITH THE BUDDHIST PILGRIM LING CHE

From the temple, deep in its tender bamboos,

Comes the low sound of an evening bell,

While the hat of a pilgrim carries the sunset

Farther and farther down the green mountain.