Rujing at Qingliang: A Sermon on the First Day of the Fourth Lunar Month

Like congee is the path, like poplar flowers spread out thick as white wool—

There's a point in the pool where lotus leaves pile up like old bronze coins.

This is getting two faces on one die,¹ though, sometimes it's not like this.

Bamboo sprouts from seeds, but no one sees—

Ducklings doze on the sand near the mother.

四月一日上堂。糝徑楊花鋪白氈。點池荷葉疊青錢。兩彩一賽。其或未然。竹根稚子無人見。沙上鳧雛傍母眠。

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¹ Idiom. Multiple winners in one lottery.

Submitted August 11, 2022 at 05:49PM by surupamaerl2 https://ift.tt/Is0yftM