Aside on the path
________sheltered by the sophoras
in the secret of the shadow
________the green musk flourishes.
They answer the door:
________the servant appears, alone, and greets me.
He thought that the monk from the mountain
________was already arrived.
South of the door,
________beside the sophoras,
there is the path on the edge,
________which brings to the lake I.
As Autumn arrives,
________it rains a lot on the mountain;
nobody collects
________the leaves which fall.
(da: Poems from the river Wang, translated by me from Italian)
Originally posted in Italian on November 9, 2008 at 0:57
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This poem by the poet, painter and musician Wang Wei, written together with his friend P'ei Ti, has such an imaginative power that nothing else is needed; still I've found this new drawing by Katalin Szabò so close to it.
Originally commented on November 10, 2008 at 00:36
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