Temple Tree Path

by Wang Wei

English version by Doug Westendorp
Original Language Chinese

This narrow path beneath the great trees
is edged darkly with thick greening moss.

We keep it swept clean before the gate, in
expectation of wandering mountain monks.


from Bamboo Cottage: Poems and Translations, by Doug Westendorp

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