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Taoist

8th Century

About Li Po

Timeline (701 - 762)

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English version by
Rewi Alley

Original Language
Chinese

Visiting a Taoist on Taitien Mountain

Themes

Mountain

Sound

Spring Blossom

Water

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Amongst bubbling streams
a dog barks; peach blossom
is heavy with dew; here
and there a deer can
be seen in forest glades!
No sound of the mid-day
bell enters this fastness
where blue mist rises
from bamboo groves;
down from a high peak
hangs a waterfall;
none knows where he has gone, so sadly I rest,
with my back leaning
against a pine.

-- from Li Pai: 200 Selected Poems, Translated by Rewi Alley

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