I lean on my staff, gaze at the sunlit snow,
Clouds and gullies in countless layers.
The woodcutter returns to his plain hut,
As the winter sun falls behind sheer peaks.
A wildfire burns over the grass of the hills;
Broken patches of mist rise from among the rocks and pines.
Then, turning back on the mountain temple road,
I hear the bells ring in the evening sky.
translated by Stephen Owen
Beautiful.
Yes, it is.
this is beautiful – ‘bells ring in the evening sky’
Yes, I can almost hear them even now 1200 years and thousands of miles later.