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Escorting the Moon

Hānshān Déqīng 1564-1623 I let my mind and body go and gained a life of freedom my old age is taking place among ten thousand peaks I don't let white clouds leave the valley lightly I escort the moon as far as my closed gate

Hǎo Suí Míngyuè

Shēn xīn fàngxia yǒuyú xián Chuílǎo shēngyá zài mǎn shān Bùxǔ báiyún qīng chū gǔ Hǎo suí míngyuèhù chái guān

Translator:

Red Pine-Bill Porter 赤松

Notes: This translation from the anthology of Chinese monk poets, The Clouds Should Know Me By Know, edited by Red Pine and Mike O'Connor, published by Wisdom Press.

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