Shih Shu: against the gently flowing spring morning

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against the gently flowing spring morning

by Shih Shu
(1660? - 1740?) Timeline

English version by
James H. Sanford

Original Language
Chinese

Buddhist : Zen / Chan

17th Century

against the gently flowing spring morning
the arrogant rattle of a passing coach
peach blossoms beckon from the distant village
willow branches caress the shoulder of my pond

as bream and carp flash their golden scales
and mated ducks link embroidered wings
the poet stares about: this way, then that —
caught in a web beyond all speaking

-- from The Clouds Should Know Me By Now: Buddhist Poet Monks of China, Edited by Red Pine

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Themes

Dawn

Spring Blossom

Water

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	The Clouds Should Know Me By Now: Buddhist Poet Monks of China, Edited by Red Pine
	A Drifting Boat: Chinese Zen Poetry, Edited by J. P. Seaton / Edited by Dennis Maloney
	Sunflower Splendor: Three Thousand Years of Chinese Poetry, Edited by Wu-chi Liu / Edited by Irving Yucheng Lo

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