xún yǐn zhě bù yù
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| 寻 | xún | ancient measure of eight ancient feet, approximately a fathom; to search / to look for / to seek |
| 隐 | yǐn | secret / hidden / concealed |
| 者 | zhě | -ist, -er (person) / person (who does sth) |
| 不 | bù, bú | (negative prefix) / not / no; (when directly preceding a tone 4) / not / no |
| 遇 | yù | meet with |
| 松 | sōng | loose / pine; loose |
| 下 | xià | under / second (of two parts) / next (week, etc.) / lower / below / underneath / down(wards) / to decline / to go down / latter |
| 问 | wèn | to ask |
| 童 | tóng | (surname) / boy / child / children |
| 子 | zǐ, zi | 11 p.m.-1 a.m. / 1st earthly branch / child / midnight / son / child / seed / egg / small thing; (noun suff.) |
| 言 | yán | to speak / to say / talk / word |
| 师 | shī | a division (milit.) / teacher / master / expert / model |
| 采 | cài, cǎi | to pick / to pluck / to collect / to select / to choose / to gather; affairs / gather; allotment to a feudal noble |
| 药 | yào | medicine / drug / cure |
| 去 | qù | to go / to leave / to remove |
| 只 | zhǐ, zhī, qí | ; M for one of a pair; only / merely / just / but; earth-spirit / peace; only, merely, but; (a measure word, for birds and some animals, etc.) / single / only; but / only |
| 在 | zài | (located) at / in / exist |
| 此 | cǐ | this / these |
| 山 | shān | mountain / hill |
| 中 | zhòng, zhōng | hit (the mark); within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / China / Chinese |
| 云 | yún | cloud / (abbr.) for Yunnan / surname; (classical) to say |
| 深 | shēn | deep / profound |
| 不 | bù, bú | (negative prefix) / not / no; (when directly preceding a tone 4) / not / no |
| 知 | zhī | to know / to be aware |
| 处 | chù, chǔ | a place / location / spot / point / office / department / bureau / respect; to reside / to live / to dwell / to be in / to stay / get along with / to be in a position of / deal with |
I search for the person who does not exist
The child of the pines, under the seed of midnight
I gather medicine to cure what ails me
I long to speak with the master—
The spirit that lies in these mountains
The deep uncertainty that dwells in these clouds
SMS
I am searching for a secret person I do not know
I am pining and going into a decline, and I ask the boy at midnight;
I tell the nobleman's teacher to take away the medicine
But I am here on this Chinese mountain
And the cloud is deep, and I do not know the place.
TP
You seek but do not find what is concealed
Under the pine tree you ask a small child
To teach you to gather the balm of life, but he leaves.
Peace is found on the mountain
Amidst the clouds, so deep that you cannot know where.
JV
Truth-seekers do not find
Casually ask small children
Expert speaker gathers medicines to cure
One of them is the central mountain
Where dense clouds know to gather
CO
The hider can't be found
Below the pines, the children ask
‘Teacher, tale your drugs away!’
Peace is among these hills
Deap cloud has no home
MJH
Seek the hider, do not meet him,
Pine to decline to ask the small child,
to speak as a master, pick drugs ‘to go’.Peace of the Earth lies within these mountains
Do not speak profoundly, but know respect.
PBG
Under a pine tree I've asked a young child
To tell me what cure the master chose when he left.
But among these mountains,
The deep clouds to not know where they dwell.
MV+BZ