View over rooftop of Xiangshansi across the Yihe (Yi River)

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At Xiangshan Temple, Escaping the Heat

Bai Juyi 722-846 Sound of the sixth-month rapids like a fierce rain; Xiangshan, upper floor morth, Master Wenchang's room: late at night I get up, standing leaning on the railing, the roar of the water filling my ears, coolness full in my face.

Xiāngshān Bìshǔ Èr Jué

Bái Jūyì 722-846 Liùyuè tān shēng rú měng yǔ, Xiāngshānlóu běi Chàngshī fáng. Yèshēn qǐ pín lāngān lì, Mǎn ěr chányuán mǎnmiàn liáng.

Translator:

Burton Watson 華茲生

Notes: First of the two poems with this title.The temple overlooked the Yi River south of Luoyang, just opposite the famous Longmen Buddist Caves.

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