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Returning Home to Yixing, Inscribed on Zhuxi Temple, Three Quatrains, No. 3

Su Shi 1036-1101 Already I feel this life         is free of all concerns, This year again the harvest         will be abundant. Returning from the mountains temple,         I hear joyful words, Wildflowers and singing brids         are cheerful, too.

Guī Yíxīng Liú Tí Zhúxī Sì Sān Shǒu, Qí Sān

Sū Shì 1036-1101 Cǐ shēng yǐ jué dōu wú shì, Jīn suì réng féng dà yǒu nián. Shān sì guī lái wén hǎo yǔ, Yě huā tí niǎo yì xīn rán.

Translator:

Ron Egan 艾朗諾

Notes: From Ron Egan's definitive book on Su Shi (Su Dongpo), Word Image and Deed In The Life Of Su Shi, Harvard University Press. Used with permission. Professor Egan teaches at the University of California, Santa Barbara, California.

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