Right temple? This Longxingsi in southern Sanxi.

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Spending the Night at Longxing Temple

Qi Wuqian 692-749 I failed to leave the temple by dark Pine trees cooled the shrine-hall gate A lamp illuminated the abbot's chamber Beads held monastic robes together The white sun taught the purity of mind A blue lotus showed the subtlety of truth Heavenly petals fell without cease Everywhere birds carried them off

Sù Lóngxīng Sì

Qí Wúqián 692-749 Xiāng shā yè wàng guī, Sōng qīng gǔ diàn fēi. Dēng míng fāngzhàng shì， Zhū xì bǐqiū yī. Bái rì chuán xīn jìng， Qīng lián yù fǎ wēi. Tiān huā luò bú jìn， Chùchù niǎo xián fēi.

Translator:

Red Pine-Bill Porter 赤松

Notes: Photo borrowed temporarily from www.thelongestway.com, with thanks! 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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