Living quietly with few neighbors nearby,

a grassy lane leads into the overgrown garden.

Birds roost in the trees beside the pond,

and a monk taps the moonlit gate.

闲居少邻并，草径入荒园。

鸟宿池边树，僧敲月下门。

~ Jia Dao (贾岛, 779–843), Tang dynasty poet, from Inscription on Li Ning’s Secluded Dwelling (《题李凝幽居》)