Jade Dragon - Cradled In Clouds
This photo, the previous and the next, were taken from a hike through Tiger Leaping Gorge in Yunnan, China.
Gazing At The Sacred Peak
For all this, what is the mountain god like?
An unending green of lands north and south:
from ethereal beauty Creation distills
there, yin and yang split dusk and dawn.
Swelling clouds sweep by. Returning birds
ruin my eyes vanishing. One day soon,
at the summit, the other mountains will be
small enough to hold, all in a single glance.
- Tu Fu (translated by David Hinton)
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Gazing At The Sacred Peak
For all this, what is the mountain god like?
An unending green of lands north and south:
from ethereal beauty Creation distills
there, yin and yang split dusk and dawn.
Swelling clouds sweep by. Returning birds
ruin my eyes vanishing. One day soon,
at the summit, the other mountains will be
small enough to hold, all in a single glance.
- Tu Fu (translated by David Hinton)
~ * ~
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