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Passing Xiangji Temple

Wang Wei 701-761 Unaware of Xiangji Temple I walked for miles past mountains of clouds Ancient trees an empty path Somewhere in the hills a bell Streamsound murmuring boulders The sun through cold green pines A silent pool in fading light Where Zen subdued the serpent

Guò Xiāngjīsì

Wáng Wéi 701-761 Bù zhī Xiāngjīsì， Shù lǐ rù yún fēng. Gǔ mù wú rén jìng， Shēn shān hé chù zhōng. Quán shēng yān wēi shí， Rì sè lěng qīn sōng. Báo mù kōng tán qǔ， Ān chán zhì dú lóng.

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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