Religion

Set Free

by Ssŭ-k’ung T’u 837–908

Translated by L. Cranmer-Byng (1909) · From A Lute of Jade (1909)

Religion

I revel in flowers without let,
An atom at random in space;
My soul dwells in regions ethereal,
And the world is my dreaming-place.

As the tops of the ocean I tower,
As the winds of the air spreading wide,
I am ’stablished in might and dominion and power,
With the universe ranged at my side.

Before me the sun, moon, and stars,
Behind me the phoenix doth clang;
In the morning I lash my leviathans,
And I bathe my feet in Fusang.

MLA

T’u, Ssŭ-k’ung. “Set Free.” Translated by L. Cranmer-Byng. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ssu-kung-tu/2/.

Chicago

T’u, Ssŭ-k’ung. “Set Free.” Translated by L. Cranmer-Byng. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ssu-kung-tu/2/.

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