from Steady Rain, Drinking Alone by T’ao Ch’ien

in this body long since lost to change,
my thoughts remain, quite silent after all.

translated by David Hinton

13 thoughts on “from Steady Rain, Drinking Alone by T’ao Ch’ien

  1. I appreciate such a deep serenity and understanding in this fragment from Tao Yuan Ming that I myself enter a state of peacefullness.

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