尋隱者不遇 (Seeking the hermit but missed) 賈島 (Jia Dao)

尋隱者不遇
賈島


松下問童子
言師採藥去
只在此山中
雲深不知處

[Translation 1]

Seeking the hermit but missed
by Jia Dao

Inquired the boy under a pine tree
Said his teacher went collecting herb
Alone inside this mountain
Didn't know where deep in the clouds

[Translation 2]

Seeking the Master but not Meeting
by Jia Dao

Beneath a pine I asked a little child.
He said the Master went to gather herbs.
Alone was he upon this mountainside,
The clouds so deep he knew not where he was.


寻隐者不遇(xún yǐn zhě bú yù)