终南山 MOUNT ZHONGNAN

五言律诗

  王维

终南山

太乙近天都， 连山接海隅。 
白云回望合， 青霭入看无。 
分野中峰变， 阴晴众壑殊。 
欲投人处宿， 隔水问樵夫。

Explanation to the Poem:

壑：gully
宿：lodging
隔：separate
樵夫：woodman

Translation:

Five-character-regular-verse
Wang Wei
MOUNT ZHONGNAN

Its massive height near the City of Heaven 
Joins a thousand mountains to the corner of the sea. 
Clouds, when I look back, close behind me, 
Mists, when I enter them, are gone. 
A central peak divides the wilds 
And weather into many valleys. 
...Needing a place to spend the night, 
I call to a wood-cutter over the river.