Religion

Motion

by Ssŭ-k’ung T’u 837–908

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

Religion

Like a water-wheel awhirl,
Like the rolling of a pearl;
Yet these but illustrate,
To fools, the final state.
The earth’s great axis spinning on,
The never-resting pole of sky --
Let us resolve their Whence and Why,
And blend with all things into One;
Beyond the bounds of thought and dream,
Circling the vasty void as spheres
Whose orbits round a thousand years:
Behold the Key that fits my theme.

MLA

T’u, Ssŭ-k’ung. “Motion.” Translated by L. Cranmer-Byng. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ssu-kung-tu/9/.

Chicago

T’u, Ssŭ-k’ung. “Motion.” Translated by L. Cranmer-Byng. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ssu-kung-tu/9/.

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