The Jade Mountain/While Visiting on the South Stream the Taoist Priest Ch'ang

by Liu Zhangqing

WHILE VISITING ON THE SOUTH STREAM
THE TAOIST PRIEST CH'ANG

Walking along a little path,I find a footprint on the moss,A white cloud low on the quiet lake,Grasses that sweeten an idle door,A pine grown greener with the rain,A brook that comes from a mountain source—And, mingling with Truth among the flowers,I have forgotten what to say.

(75, 75a)