《尋隱者不遇》是唐代詩僧賈島的作品。此詩首句寫尋者問童子,后三句都是童子的答話,詩人采用了寓問于答的手法,把尋訪不遇的焦急心情,描繪得淋漓盡致。詩中以白云比隱者的高潔,以蒼松喻隱者的風(fēng)骨,寫尋訪不遇,愈襯出尋者對隱者的欽慕高仰之情。全詩遣詞通俗清麗,言繁筆簡,情深意切,白描無華,是一篇難得的言簡意豐之作。
《尋隱者不遇》 賈島
松下問童子,言師采藥去。
只在此山中,云深不知處。
Looking for a Recluse but Failing to Find Him
By Jia Dao
Under the pines I questioned the boy.
"My master's off gathering herbs.
All I know is he's here on the mountain—
Clouds are so deep, I don't know where…"