Tang poem · five-character regulated verse唐诗 · 五言律诗
jiǎ贾dǎo岛Jia Dao · Tang唐
Written at Li Ning's Secluded Home
xián闲jū居shǎo少lín邻bìng并
cǎo草jìng径rù入huāng荒yuán园
niǎo鸟sù宿chí池biān边shù树
sēng僧qiāo敲yuè月xià下mén门
guò过qiáo桥fēn分yě野sè色
yí移shí石dòng动yún云gēn根
zàn暂qù去huán还lái来cǐ此
yōu幽qī期bú不fù负yán言
Underlined words have notes: tap one. The Pinyin button below shows or hides all pinyin. 一 and 不 are marked with the tone you actually say.字下有虚线的，点开有注释。下方的“拼音”按钮可以显示或隐藏全部拼音。“一”“不”标的是实际读出来的变调。
In this poem Jia Dao goes to visit his friend Li Ning, but finds him out, so he writes the poem at his door. We no longer know who Li Ning was; he was probably a hermit. There is a famous story about the line "a monk knocks at the door under the moon". Riding his donkey, Jia Dao kept trying to choose between "push" and "knock", and without noticing he bumped into the procession of the official Han Yu. Han Yu thought for a moment and said "knock" was better. That is where the Chinese word tuī qiāo, "push and knock", meaning to weigh one's words carefully, comes from. But the story was written down later and may not be wholly true.
这首诗写贾岛去拜访朋友李凝，李凝不在家，他就在门上题了这首诗。李凝是谁，生平已经不清楚，大概是一位隐士。关于“僧敲月下门”有一个有名的传说：贾岛骑着驴，一直在想用“推”字还是“敲”字，不知不觉撞上了韩愈的车队。韩愈想了想说，用“敲”字好。“推敲”这个词就是这样来的。不过这个故事是后人记下来的，未必完全是真的。
Jia Dao (779–843) was a Tang poet. As a young man he became a Buddhist monk, then later returned to ordinary life to sit the imperial exams, but he never did well. He worked very hard on his poems, weighing every word. He once said it took him three years to get two lines right. People paired him with the poet Meng Jiao, calling Meng's poems "cold" and Jia's "lean".
贾岛（779—843），字浪仙，唐代诗人。他年轻时出家当和尚，法号无本，后来还俗参加科举，但一直不太得志。他写诗非常认真，一个字一个字地反复琢磨，自己说“两句三年得，一吟双泪流”。人们把他和孟郊并称“郊寒岛瘦”。
The most famous lines are the third and fourth. The night is still. The birds are asleep. Under the moon, a monk knocks softly at a door. The word "knock" adds a small sound, a few taps, and that makes the night feel even quieter. The word "push" would not do this. Lines five and six show the way back. After the bridge, the fields change color. Clouds drift, and the rocks seem to move with them. The last two lines say: I will come again, and I will not forget my promise. The whole poem is quiet and calm, and shows how lovely a hermit's life can be.
这首诗最出名的是“鸟宿池边树，僧敲月下门”两句。夜很静，鸟都睡了，月光下，一个和尚轻轻敲门。用“敲”字，就有了一点声音，“笃笃”几下，反而让夜显得更安静了。如果用“推”，就没有这个效果。五、六句写回去路上的景色：过了桥，田野的颜色不一样了；云在飘，山石好像也在动。最后两句说：我会再来，约定不会忘。整首诗清幽安静，写出了隐居生活的美好。