Nature

Visiting the Taoist Priest on the Mountain Which Upholds Heaven. He Is Absent

by Li Po 701–762

Translated by Florence Ayscough and Amy Lowell (1921) · From Fir-Flower Tablets (1921)

Nature

A dog,
A dog barking.
And the sound of rushing water.
How dark and rich the peach-flowers after the rain.
Every now and then, between the trees, I see deer.
Twelve o'clock, but I hear no bell in the ravine.
Wild bamboos slit the blue-green of a cloudy sky,
The waterfall hangs against the jade-green peak.
There is no one to tell me where he has gone.
I lean against the pine-trees grieving.

MLA

Po, Li. “Visiting the Taoist Priest on the Mountain Which Upholds Heaven. He Is Absent.” Translated by Florence Ayscough and Amy Lowell. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/li-po/98/.

Chicago

Po, Li. “Visiting the Taoist Priest on the Mountain Which Upholds Heaven. He Is Absent.” Translated by Florence Ayscough and Amy Lowell. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/li-po/98/.

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