苍苍竹林寺
Deep green stands the Bamboo Grove Temple;
杳杳钟声晚
Distant, distant rings its evening bell.
荷笠带斜阳
Carrying his bamboo hat in the slanting sun,
青山独归远
He returns alone toward the far green hills.
What the poem means
Evening bells sound from a temple among bamboo. Carrying a bamboo hat, the friend walks alone into green hills in sunset light. The quiet farewell leaves a feeling of lasting care.
Meet the poet
Liu Changqing was a Tang poet. Bells, sunset and distant hills carry a quiet farewell to the monk Lingche.
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