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Mountain-stones

shān
shí
luò
què
xíng
jìng
wēi
,
,
huáng
hūn
dào

biān
fú
fēi
.
.

shēng
táng
zuò
jiē
xīn
yǔ
zú
,
,
bā
jiāo
yè
dà
zhī

féi
.
.

sēng
yán
gǔ

fó
huà
hǎo
,
,

huǒ
lái
zhào
suǒ
jiàn

.
.

pū
chuáng
fú

zhì
gēng
fàn
,
,
shū


zú
bǎo
wǒ

.
.

yè
shēn
jìng
wò
bǎi
chóng
jué
,
,
qīng
yuè
chū
lǐng
guāng
rù
fēi
.
.

tiān
míng
dú
qù
wú
dào
lù
,
,
chū
rù
gāo
xià
qióng
yān
fēi
.
.

shān
hóng
jiàn

fēn
làn
màn
,
,
shí
jiàn
sōng

jiē
shí
wéi
.
.

dāng
líu
chì
zú
tà
jiàn
shí
,
,
shuǐ
shēng


fēng
chuī

.
.

rén
shēng
rú


kě
lè
,
,


jú
shù
wèi
rén



jiē
zāi
wú
dǎng
èr
sān

,
,
ān
dé
zhì
lǎo
bù
gèng
guī



Rough were the mountain-stones, and the path very narrow;

And when I reached the temple, bats were in the dusk.

I climbed to the hall, sat on the steps, and drank the rain- washed air

Among the round gardenia-pods and huge bananaleaves.

On the old wall, said the priest, were Buddhas finely painted,

And he brought a light and showed me, and I called them wonderful

He spread the bed, dusted the mats, and made my supper ready,

And, though the food was coarse, it satisfied my hunger.

At midnight, while I lay there not hearing even an insect,

The mountain moon with her pure light entered my door....

At dawn I left the mountain and, alone, lost my way:

In and out, up and down, while a heavy mist

Made brook and mountain green and purple, brightening everything.

I am passing sometimes pines and oaks, which ten men could not girdle,

I am treading pebbles barefoot in swift-running water --

Its ripples purify my ear, while a soft wind blows my garments....

These are the things which, in themselves, make life happy.

Why should we be hemmed about and hampered with people?

O chosen pupils, far behind me in my own country,

What if I spent my old age here and never went back home?


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