Monday, February 26, 2024

In Place 38

38

She stays some nights, by
lamplight studying, or in
bed, watching the moon
stray among bare branches






I don't let white clouds leave the valley lightly
I escort the moon as far as my closed gate

Han-shan Te-ch'ing in The Clouds Should Know Me By Now 120 (tr. Red Pine)

 

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