I laugh at my failing strength in old age,
Yet still dote on pines and crags, to wander there in solitude.
How I regret that in all these past years until today,
I’ve let things run their course like an unanchored boat.
translated by James M. Hargett
So, this fellow Shih Te must have known me in an early life because how else would he know to say those things about me?
We are, in reality, a continuation of those that came before.
Well at least you and I are
I’ll drink to that.