Monday, January 5, 2015

Sleeping in the clouds is cold

I explored the grounds with monks this evening, 
And now the night has passed. 
Heavy silence rises all around us
While late moonlight spills through the forest. 
The mountain rises almost to heaven. 
Sleeping in the clouds is cold. 
A single stroke of the early prayer-bell wake me. 
Does it also waken my soul?

 - Tu Fu (712-770)

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