The Jade Mountain/East of the Town
EAST OF THE TOWN
From office confinement all year long,I have come out of town to be free this morningWhere willows harmonize the windAnd green hills lighten the cares of the world.I lean by a tree and rest myselfOr wander up and down a stream.. . . Mists have wet the fragrant meadows;A spring dove calls from some hidden place.. . . With quiet surroundings, the mind is at peace,But beset with affairs, it grows restless again . . .Here I shall finally build me a cabin,As T'ao Ch'ien built one long ago.
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