As the years go by, give me but peace,
Freedom from ten thousand matters.
I ask myself and always answer:
What can be better than coming home?
A wind from the pine-trees blows my sash,
And my lute is bright with the mountain moon.
You ask me about good and evil fortune?....
Hark, on the lake there's a fisherman singing!
晚年唯好静，万事不关心。
自顾无长策，空知返旧林。
松风吹解带，山月照弹琴。
君问穷通理，渔歌入浦深。
晚年惟好靜， 萬事不關心。
自顧無長策， 空知返舊林。
松風吹解帶， 山月照彈琴。
君問窮通理， 漁歌入浦深。
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Composed during Wang Wei's later years, this poetic response to Vice-Prefect Zhang reflects his withdrawal from political turmoil to the tranquil Wang River estate. Blending landscape with emotion, it conveys both his reclusive aspirations and resigned helplessness toward contemporary affairs.
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