Religion

Taoist Song

by Chi K’ang AD 223–262

Translated by Arthur Waley (1918) · From A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems (1918)

Religion

I will cast out Wisdom and reject Learning.
My thoughts shall wander in the Great Void (bis).
Always repenting of wrongs done
Will never bring my heart to rest.
I cast my hook in a single stream;
But my joy is as though I possessed a Kingdom.
I loose my hair and go singing;
To the four frontiers men join in my refrain.
This is the purport of my song:
“My thoughts shall wander in the Great Void.”

MLA

K’ang, Chi. “Taoist Song.” Translated by Arthur Waley. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/chi-kang/0/.

Chicago

K’ang, Chi. “Taoist Song.” Translated by Arthur Waley. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/chi-kang/0/.

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