I Sat Alone in the Bamboo Grove
獨坐幽篁裏彈琴復長嘯
深林人不知明月來相照
王維
丁卯春日
龍石書
I sat alone in the secluded bamboo grove, plucking my zither, then I uttered a long resounding sound.
Deep in the forest, no one knows I exist but the moon, who comes shining bright.
Wang Wei
RyuSeki
* Written by 王維 Wang Wei (AD 699-759), Chinese poet, musician and politician during the Tang dynasty)