Buddhism

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

17

In the third month, when silk worms are small,
women come to pick flowers in a field.
Then they play with butterflies by the fence
and toss toads into the pond.
One gathers plums in her soft sleeves,
another digs up bamboo shoots with a golden hairpin.
If I was forced to compare them,
this village is better than my home.

Prev | Next
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16
Hanshan wiki