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Cold Crag
Cold Mountain Is A House
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Hanshan (Tang)
Cold Mountain is a house
Without beams or walls.
The six doors left and right are open
The hall is blue sky.
The rooms all vacant and vague
The east wall beats on the west wall
At the center nothing.
Borrowers don't bother me
In the cold I build a little fire
When I'm hungry I boil up some greens.
I've got no use for the Kulak
With his big barn and pasture...
He just sets up a prison for himself.
Once in he can't get out.
Think it over...
You know it might happen to you!
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Hánshan Yǒu Yīzhái
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Hánshan (Táng)
Hánshān yǒu yīzhái,
Zhái zhōng wú lán gé.
Liù mén zuǒyòu tōng,
Cháng zhōng jiàn tiānbì.
Fángfáng...suǒsuǒ,
Dōng bì dǎ xī bì.
Qī zhōng yī wù wú,
Miǎn bèi rén lái xī.
Hán dào shāo ruǎn huǒ,
Jī lái zhǔcài chī.
Bù xué tiánshèwēng,
Guǎng zhì tiánzhuāng tā.
Jìn zuò dìyù yè,
Yī rù hécéng jí.
Hǎohǎo shànsīliang,
Sīliang zhī ruǎn zé.
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Notes: Gary Snyder, Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems, Shoemaker & Hoard 2004
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