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五言絕句 劉長卿 送靈澈

蒼蒼竹林寺, 杳杳鐘聲晚。
荷笠帶斜陽, 青山獨歸遠。

Five-character-quatrain
Liu Changqing ON PARTING WITH THE BUDDHIST PILGRIM LING CHE

From the temple, deep in its tender bamboos,
Comes the low sound of an evening bell,
While the hat of a pilgrim carries the sunset
Farther and farther down the green mountain.