Hanshan 21 (The Complete Cold Mountain: Poems of the Legendary Hermit Hanshan)
The Complete Cold Mountain: Poems of the Legendary Hermit Hanshan
Translation: Kazuaki Tanahashi and Peter Levitt
Part One: Original Poems, Circa Late Sixth to Early Seventh Century
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In spring, a woman dresses up to stroll with other women down a southern road. She enjoys the flowers, but dreads day’s turn into night, and shelters behind a tree, afraid of the blowing wind. A young man from nearby approaches on a white horse with a golden bridle. Why do they dally together so long? At home, her husband knows.
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Hanshan 20 (The Complete Cold Mountain: Poems of the Legendary Hermit Hanshan)
The Complete Cold Mountain: Poems of the Legendary Hermit Hanshan
Translation: Kazuaki Tanahashi and Peter Levitt
Part One: Original Poems, Circa Late Sixth to Early Seventh Century
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20
Girls call to each other while gathering lotus blossoms— what a lovely pure river village! They play and play, not noticing the dusk, or the crazy winds that often come up. Rising waves lift the ducklings, large ducks sway in the eddies. Paddling idly here in a boat, this vast gentle feeling may never end.
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Hanshan 19 (The Complete Cold Mountain: Poems of the Legendary Hermit Hanshan)
The Complete Cold Mountain: Poems of the Legendary Hermit Hanshan
Translation: Kazuaki Tanahashi and Peter Levitt
Part One: Original Poems, Circa Late Sixth to Early Seventh Century
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19
In Luoyang there are many women who display their charms on a spring day. They pick roadside blossoms so each can ornament her topknot. Their flowery hairdos entice those around, though others look down on them and glare. Why seek out troublesome lovers? Go home to see your husbands.
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Hanshan 18 (The Complete Cold Mountain: Poems of the Legendary Hermit Hanshan)
The Complete Cold Mountain: Poems of the Legendary Hermit Hanshan
Translation: Kazuaki Tanahashi and Peter Levitt
Part One: Original Poems, Circa Late Sixth to Early Seventh Century
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18
On a legendary horse, with a coral whip, he dashes down the Luoyang road. Such a proud, handsome boy doesn’t believe in aging and decline, though his hair is sure to turn white. How long can his rosy cheeks remain? Just look north to the mountain of tombs— that is the Island of the Immortals.
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I put cigs out and put the butt's in the back pocket of my jeans, it's my asstray
Ha! I don't really prize possessions, but probably my books or something?
The fact that there is a t-mobile community is absolutely blowing my mind rn.
Hanshan 17 (The Complete Cold Mountain: Poems of the Legendary Hermit Hanshan)
The Complete Cold Mountain: Poems of the Legendary Hermit Hanshan
Translation: Kazuaki Tanahashi and Peter Levitt
Part One: Original Poems, Circa Late Sixth to Early Seventh Century
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17
In the third month, when silk worms are small, women come to pick flowers in a field. Then they play with butterflies by the fence and toss toads into the pond. One gathers plums in her soft sleeves, another digs up bamboo shoots with a golden hairpin. If I was forced to compare them, this village is better than my home.
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Hanshan 16 (The Complete Cold Mountain: Poems of the Legendary Hermit Hanshan)
The Complete Cold Mountain: Poems of the Legendary Hermit Hanshan
Translation: Kazuaki Tanahashi and Peter Levitt
Part One: Original Poems, Circa Late Sixth to Early Seventh Century
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16
People are a country’s foundation, just like a tree depends on the ground. If the soil is deep, it supports the spreading branches. If the soil is poor, the tree will decline. Do not expose its roots, or the branches will wither and the fruit will fall. To get fish by destroying a dam benefits you just one time.
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Do people even wear Diapers in make believe world? 🤔
Hanshan 15 (The Complete Cold Mountain: Poems of the Legendary Hermit Hanshan)
The Complete Cold Mountain: Poems of the Legendary Hermit Hanshan
Translation: Kazuaki Tanahashi and Peter Levitt
Part One: Original Poems, Circa Late Sixth to Early Seventh Century
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15
A country person lives in a thatched-roof hut. In front of his gate, a horse or cart is rarely seen. Birds gather in the dark forest, the broad streams teem with fish. He takes his child to collect nuts and berries, and together, he and his wife plow the hilly field. Inside their hut, what do they possess? Only books on a single shelf.
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Hanshan 14 (The Complete Cold Mountain: Poems of the Legendary Hermit Hanshan)
The Complete Cold Mountain: Poems of the Legendary Hermit Hanshan
Translation: Kazuaki Tanahashi and Peter Levitt
Part One: Original Poems, Circa Late Sixth to Early Seventh Century
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14
I am a woman who lives in Handan. I sing in low and high pitches. Happily, in this place where you peacefully hide, this music has been played for ages. Already drunk, don’t say a word about leaving, the sun is not yet in the middle of the sky. In my house, you sleep beneath a quilt embroidered with silver.
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