07 · Shi Xizhou
留題承旨宋侍郎林亭
Inscribed at the Garden Pavilion of Hanlin Academician Vice Minister Song
釋希晝
Chinese
翰苑營嘉致，到來山意深。 會茶多野客，啼竹半沙禽。 雪溜懸危石，棊燈射遠林。 言詩素非苦，虛答侍臣心。
English
In the Hanlin world he cultivated elegant refinement,
on arrival, the mountain atmosphere proves deep.
Tea gatherings draw many rustic guests;
Birds cry among the bamboo; half are shore birds.
Snowmelt falls in trickles from lofty rocks;
The Go-lamp casts its light into distant woods.
Poetry is, by nature, no bitter labor;
in emptiness, the courtier’s heart is answered.