The Jade Mountain/At Wang Chang-ling's Retreat
AT WANG CH'ANG-LING'S RETREAT
Here, beside a clear deep lake,You live accompanied by clouds;Or soft through the pine the moon arrivesTo be your own pure-hearted friend.You rest under thatch in the shadow of your flowers,Your dewy herbs flourish in their bed of moss.Let me leave the world. Let me alight, like you,On your western mountain with phœnixes and cranes.