Wednesday, 11 June 2014

Daily Zen

A soaring endlessly curving path,
Every few miles we have to rest.
I look around for my friends.
They've vanished in the wooded hills.
Rain floods the pine trees
And flows hushed among the rocks.
There are silent words deep in hill water,
A long whistle over the summits.
When I look at South Mountain
The sun floats white through the mist.
A blue marsh is luminous and clear.
Green trees are heavy shadows, drifting.
When I am tired of being closed in,
Suddenly I come upon a clearing,
And the mind is at peace.


 - Wang Wei (699-759)

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