Here, after wandering among these renowned
mountains, the heart grows rich with repose.
Why talk of cleansing elixirs of immortality?
Here, the world’s dust rinsed from my face,
I’ll stay close to what I’ve always loved,
content to leave that peopled world forever.
translated by David Hinton
Thanks for all the poems, this 78th birthday of mine.
I’m glad you are enjoying reading them. We are both in our 78th year far removed from Atlantic Avenue School in Lynbrook. But I am so happy we are still in touch. Stay well and Happy New Year, old friend.
Tom, I just realize I didn’t get today was your birthday. Happ Birthday, dear friend.