Yuan Mei - Gone Again to Gaze on the Cascade
Gone Again to Gaze on the Cascade
by Yuan Mei
English version by J. P. Seaton
Original Language Chinese
A whole life without speaking,
"a thunderous silence"
that was Wei-ma's Way.
And here is a place where no monk can preach.
I understand now what T'ao Ch'ien, enlightened,
said, he couldn't say.
It's so clear, here, this water
my teacher.
-- from A Drifting Boat: Chinese Zen Poetry, Edited by J. P. Seaton / Edited by Dennis Maloney
Poetry Chaikhana | Yuan Mei - Gone Again to Gaze on the Cascade
All eight poems are short, beautiful, and the next best thing to silence itself!
by Yuan Mei
English version by J. P. Seaton
Original Language Chinese
A whole life without speaking,
"a thunderous silence"
that was Wei-ma's Way.
And here is a place where no monk can preach.
I understand now what T'ao Ch'ien, enlightened,
said, he couldn't say.
It's so clear, here, this water
my teacher.
-- from A Drifting Boat: Chinese Zen Poetry, Edited by J. P. Seaton / Edited by Dennis Maloney
Poetry Chaikhana | Yuan Mei - Gone Again to Gaze on the Cascade
All eight poems are short, beautiful, and the next best thing to silence itself!