The Jade Mountain/Dwelling by a Stream

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Reading Buddhist Classics with Ch'ao at His Temple in the Early Morning

The Jade Mountain
translated by Witter Bynner and Jiang Kanghu

Dwelling by a Stream by Liu Zongyuan

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4728304The Jade Mountain — Dwelling by a StreamWitter Bynner and Jiang KanghuLiu Zongyuan

DWELLING BY A STREAM

I had so long been troubled by official hat and robeThat I am glad to be an exile here in this wild southland.T am a neighbour now of planters and reapers.I am a guest of the mountains and woods.I plough in the morning, turning dewy grasses, And at evening tie my fisher-boat, breaking the quiet stream.Back and forth I go, scarcely meeting anyone,And sing a long poem and gaze at the blue sky.