![]() ![]() Lacking knowledge of the world’s affairs, ![]() I speak from a deep impulse, but it is not pressing. If I did not know your natural sensibility, I would hold back from making even this indirect invitation. ![]() It is not long till then, when you could come wandering with me. At dawn we will hear the birds call in the fields. We must wait till the trees and grass grow green again, and, idling in spring hills, we can see fish leap in the light, the gulls soar, the white dew on green moss. I think a lot about the old days, when we made poems together, climbing the steep tracks by clear streams. Now I am sitting alone listening to the silence. The pounding of grain in the night sounded between strokes of a distant bell. A dog in the deep lanes barked like a leopard. Far-off, lights on the cold mountain glittered then vanished. At night I climbed Hua-tzu Hill, and watched the moonlight on the Yang River’s ripples. Then I went north over the Yüan-pa, under a clear moon. So I wandered around the mountain, stayed at Kan-p’ei Temple, ate with the monks, and wandered home again. But I was reluctant to trouble you, knowing you were deep in the Classics. ![]() This month the weather has been bright and clear, and I could have crossed the mountains. This work may be freely reproduced, stored and transmitted, electronically or otherwise, for any non-commercial purpose. Kline © Copyright 2000 All Rights Reserved. ‘An Autumn Scene with Birds’ - Xu Daoning (10th–13th century)Īuthored and translated by A. ![]()
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