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Verses from the Mountains

山中杂诗 · Wu Jun · 南朝梁

山shān际jì见jiàn来lái烟yān

Mist comes into view along the mountain edge;

竹zhú中zhōng窥kuī落luò日rì

Through bamboo I glimpse the setting sun.

鸟niǎo向xiàng檐yán上shàng飞fēi

Birds fly up above the eaves;

云yún从cóng窗chuāng里lǐ出chū

Clouds seem to drift out through the window.

What the poem means

Mist rises along the mountains and sunset appears through bamboo. Birds fly over the eaves, while clouds seem to drift out of the window. A small home opens onto a wide sky.

Meet the poet

Wu Jun was a writer of the Liang dynasty. Bamboo, eaves and a window frame his mountain view.

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