Chinese Characters:

寻西山隐者不遇

邱为

绝顶一茅茨， 直上三十里。
扣关无僮仆， 窥室惟案几。
若非巾柴车， 应是钓秋水。
差池不相见， 黾勉空仰止。
草色新雨中， 松声晚窗里。
及兹契幽绝， 自足荡心耳。
虽无宾主意， 颇得清净理。
兴尽方下山， 何必待之子。

Pronunciation:

xún xī shān yǐn zhě bú yù

qiū wéi

jué dǐng yī máo cí ， zhí shàng sān shí lǐ 。
kòu guān wú tóng pú ， kuī shì wéi àn jǐ 。
ruò fēi jīn chái chē ， yīng shì diào qiū shuǐ 。
chà chí bú xiàng jiàn ， miǎn miǎn kōng yǎng zhǐ 。
cǎo sè xīn yǔ zhōng ， sōng shēng wǎn chuāng lǐ 。
jí zī qì yōu jué ， zì zú dàng xīn ěr 。
suī wú bīn zhǔ yì ， pō dé qīng jìng lǐ 。
xìng jìn fāng xià shān ， hé bì dài zhī

Translation:

AFTER MISSING THE RECLUSE ON THE WESTERN MOUNTAIN

Qiu Wei

To your hermitage here on the top of the mountain
I have climbed, without stopping, these ten miles.
I have knocked at your door, and no one answered;
I have peeped into your room, at your seat beside the table.
Perhaps you are out riding in your canopied chair,
Or fishing, more likely, in some autumn pool.
Sorry though I am to be missing you,
You have become my meditation --
The beauty of your grasses, fresh with rain,
And close beside your window the music of your pines.
I take into my being all that I see and hear,
Soothing my senses, quieting my heart;
And though there be neither host nor guest,
Have I not reasoned a visit complete?
…After enough, I have gone down the mountain.
Why should I wait for you any longer?