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＞