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About Colin OliverTimeline (1946 - ) |
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Cold Mountain
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(After Han Shan)
1 When I came to Cold Mountain I made my home among pines at the foot of a green cliff. Yet who is here? Cold Mountain: a vacant house. Jagged peaks, white clouds and crying monkeys. 2 After a shower rocks gleam and Cold Mountain from high peak down to green border shimmers. I wander by a clear stream, watch pebbles in the water, slip about on the wet moss. 3 In a valley where mist hangs I sit by a rock, stay clear, and see no inside or out. At sunset, arriving home, I stretch and take off my cap, find it beaded with moisture. 4 I fetch water from the pool where the herons fish; I share the mountain fruit with monkeys. At the centre I have found a jewel and gained nothing. The wind hums in the pine trees.
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