The Complete Cold Mountain: Poems of the Legendary Hermit Hanshan

Translation: Kazuaki Tanahashi and Peter Levitt

Part One: Original Poems, Circa Late Sixth to Early Seventh Century

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In spring, a woman dresses up
to stroll with other women down a southern road.
She enjoys the flowers, but dreads day’s turn into night,
and shelters behind a tree, afraid of the blowing wind.
A young man from nearby approaches
on a white horse with a golden bridle.
Why do they dally together so long?
At home, her husband knows.

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