Looking at a Painting of Lumen Island by Wang An-shih

Lumen Island and its city walls revealed in this painting: they
remind me how I once moored a boat there at West Pavilion,

but heart and mind given to old age can’t find long-ago times.
I rely on rivers and mountains for what’s ancient and remains.

translated by David Hinton

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