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On Climbing Zongchi Pagoda

Cen Shen 715-770 I climbed a pagoda that touched the highest heaven I stood at the edge of the sun I could see ten thousand courtyards below And the dismal smoke of Wuling Beyond the railing the Qinling looked low The Wei seemed small in the window If I had known such detachment before I would have served the golden immortal

Dēng Zǒngchí Gé

Cén Shēn 715-770 Gāo gé bī zhū tiān， Dēng lín jìn rì biān. Qíng kāi wàn jǐng shù， Chóu kàn Wǔlíng yān. Kǎn wài dī Qínlǐng， Chuāng zhōng xiǎo Wèichuān. Zǎo zhī qīng jìng lǐ， Cháng yuàn fèng Jīnxiān.

Translator:

Red Pine-Bill Porter 赤松

Notes: From the book Poems of the Masters, China's Classic Anthology of Tang and Song Dynasty verse. One of the best, if not "the best", books of general translations of Chinese poetry. Wonderfully detailed notes on each poem and all poems are displayed in the original Chinese. Translated by Red Pine, published by Copper Canyon Press.

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