Thursday, December 18, 2008

For all this, what is the mountain god like?
An unending green of lands north and south:
From ethereal beauty Creation distills
There, yin and yang split dusk and dawn.

Swelling clouds sweep by. Returning birds
Ruin my eyes vanishing. One day soon,
At the summit, the other mountains will be
Small enough to hold, all in a single glance.

-Du Fu Gazing at the Sacred Mountain

2 comments:

dianne said...

That is beautiful...I am liking the writings of Du Fu. ♥

Corby said...

He has some wonderful poems. You should look into his writings. :-)

-Corby