We outshine each-other

[Art school amid bamboo]

Sitting alone / dim dense bamboo
playing harp / counterpoint clear whistling
deep grove / bright Moon only
hears me / we outshine each-other

-- 王維 (Wáng Wéi) -- Translation by 白狐 (Bái Hú) --

竹里館
獨坐幽篁裡
彈琴復長嘯
深林人不知
明月來相照

[zhú lĭ guăn]
dú zuò yōu huáng lĭ
tán qín fù cháng xiào
shēn lín rén bù zhī
míng yuè lái xiāng zhào

[bamboo inside art-school/guesthouse]
alone sit // dim bamboo-grove in-the-back-of
pluck-string harp/lute // counterpoint good whistle
deep forest/grove // person not know
bright Moon // come[-to+verb] each-other shine