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)