Rain Passes

Rain passes, washing the face of the mountain.

Clouds come, the mountain's in a dream.

Clouds and rain come and go as they please.

Only the mountain, forever green, remains.

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On the Road to T'ien-T- Ai

On the Road to T'ien-T- Ai

Wrapped, surrounded by ten thousand mountains.

Cut off, no place to go...

Until you're here, there's no way to get here.

Once you're here, there's no way to go.

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Just Done

All the heart needs is a home

in which to dwell in the quiet.

The flavor of desirelessness

lasts longest.

So a boy runs off

to snatch at floating willow silks...

If he didn't capture them

how could he let them go?

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Delirium (joking at illness)

I don't want to come, yet suddenly I'm here;
I don't want to leave, yet suddenly I'm gone.
Don't know where I've come from. or gone from, either.
In this there is, of course, True News.
Since heaven can't speak, I'll have to pass it on.
Just wait for old Master Chaos to come back to life.
If I search for myself, I'll certainly find me.

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