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Lute

by Po Chu-i
(772 - 846) Timeline

English version by
James M. Cryer

Original Language
Chinese
Buddhist : Zen / Chan
9th Century

my lute set aside
          on the little table
lazily I meditate
          on cherishing feelings
the reason I don't bother
          to strum and pluck?
there's a breeze over the strings
          and it plays itself

 

 

-- from A Drifting Boat: Chinese Zen Poetry, Edited by J. P. Seaton / Edited by Dennis Maloney

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A Drifting Boat: Chinese Zen Poetry, Edited by J. P. Seaton / Edited by Dennis Maloney
The Poetry of Zen: (Shambhala Library), Edited by Sam Hamill / Edited by J. P. Seaton

 

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