Bai Hua
Cloud Diviner
The Cloud Diviner is in a hurry to depart
He climbs a height and gazes down from afar
Gold, geometry, and palaces grow
In the heavy evening mist in his eyes
The west wind abruptly changes course in a slum lane
A hero is about to set out on a thousand-mile journey
The Cloud Diviner has spied
The excitement in his straw sandals and his cloth shirt
Remoter mountain valleys coalesce in the distance
At odd intervals the faint sound of bells is heard
Two boys sweep the pavilion’s terrace
The Cloud Diviner sits facing the solitary dusk
Auspicious clouds are magnanimous
A wizened spiritual guide sits in silence
Alone, he breathes fire and makes pills of immortality
The Cloud Diviner sees through to the patterns inside stones
Days pass in the country with timely winds and rain
Vegetables grow in the fields, and water flows in the creeks
While the verdant freshness is still changed here
The Cloud Diviner has already reached the next hilltop
＜望氣的人＞
＜望氣的人＞
望氣的人行色匆匆 登高眺遠
眼中沉沉的暮靄
長出黃金、幾何與官殿
窮巷西風突變
一個英雄正動身去千里之外
望氣的人看到了
他激動的草鞋和布衫
更遠的山谷渾然
零落的鐘聲依稀可聞
兩個兒童打掃著亭臺
望氣的人坐對空寂的傍晚
吉祥之雲寬大
一個乾枯的導師沉默
獨自在吐火、煉丹
望氣的人看穿了石頭裏的圖案
鄉間的日子風調雨順
菜田一畦，流水一澗
這邊青翠未改
望氣的人已走上了另一座山巔
Publisher: First published on PIW,
Cloud Diviner
The Cloud Diviner is in a hurry to depart
He climbs a height and gazes down from afar
Gold, geometry, and palaces grow
In the heavy evening mist in his eyes
The west wind abruptly changes course in a slum lane
A hero is about to set out on a thousand-mile journey
The Cloud Diviner has spied
The excitement in his straw sandals and his cloth shirt
Remoter mountain valleys coalesce in the distance
At odd intervals the faint sound of bells is heard
Two boys sweep the pavilion’s terrace
The Cloud Diviner sits facing the solitary dusk
Auspicious clouds are magnanimous
A wizened spiritual guide sits in silence
Alone, he breathes fire and makes pills of immortality
The Cloud Diviner sees through to the patterns inside stones
Days pass in the country with timely winds and rain
Vegetables grow in the fields, and water flows in the creeks
While the verdant freshness is still changed here
The Cloud Diviner has already reached the next hilltop
Cloud Diviner
The Cloud Diviner is in a hurry to depart
He climbs a height and gazes down from afar
Gold, geometry, and palaces grow
In the heavy evening mist in his eyes
The west wind abruptly changes course in a slum lane
A hero is about to set out on a thousand-mile journey
The Cloud Diviner has spied
The excitement in his straw sandals and his cloth shirt
Remoter mountain valleys coalesce in the distance
At odd intervals the faint sound of bells is heard
Two boys sweep the pavilion’s terrace
The Cloud Diviner sits facing the solitary dusk
Auspicious clouds are magnanimous
A wizened spiritual guide sits in silence
Alone, he breathes fire and makes pills of immortality
The Cloud Diviner sees through to the patterns inside stones
Days pass in the country with timely winds and rain
Vegetables grow in the fields, and water flows in the creeks
While the verdant freshness is still changed here
The Cloud Diviner has already reached the next hilltop
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