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“on either shore there’s no ferry
but one day you’ll cross the vast divide”
― The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain
but one day you’ll cross the vast divide”
― The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain
“I see hundreds of dogs
and every one of them scruffy
lying wherever they please
rambling whenever the whim arises
but throw them out a bone
and watch them growl and fight
as long as bones are rare
a pack of dogs can’t share”
― The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain
and every one of them scruffy
lying wherever they please
rambling whenever the whim arises
but throw them out a bone
and watch them growl and fight
as long as bones are rare
a pack of dogs can’t share”
― The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain
“People laugh about my poems my poems are elegant enough they don’t need Cheng Hsuan’s comments much less Mao Heng’s explanations I don’t mind few understand me those who know one’s voice are rare if we had no fa or sol my disease would surely spread one day I’ll meet someone with eyes then my poems will plague the world”
― The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain
― The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain
“Two turtles aboard an ox cart
took part in a highway drama
a scorpion came alongside
begging desperately for a ride
to refuse would violate good will
to accept would weigh them down
in a moment too brief to describe
acting kindly they got stung”
― The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain
took part in a highway drama
a scorpion came alongside
begging desperately for a ride
to refuse would violate good will
to accept would weigh them down
in a moment too brief to describe
acting kindly they got stung”
― The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain
“Cold Mountain is poking fun at those who try to free themselves of delusion by turning their practice into another delusion.”
― The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain
― The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain
“Why am I so troubled
life is a one-day mushroom
what good is another decade
with friends and family gone
thinking of this makes me sad
and sadness I can’t bear
what then shall I do
entrust myself to the hills for good”
― The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain
life is a one-day mushroom
what good is another decade
with friends and family gone
thinking of this makes me sad
and sadness I can’t bear
what then shall I do
entrust myself to the hills for good”
― The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain
“In this village is a house
a house without an owner
earth gives rise to grass
water appears as drops of dew
fire ignites a gang of thieves
wind whips up a black-cloud rain
search inside for the occupant
a pearl concealed in rags”
― The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain
a house without an owner
earth gives rise to grass
water appears as drops of dew
fire ignites a gang of thieves
wind whips up a black-cloud rain
search inside for the occupant
a pearl concealed in rags”
― The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain
