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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 279 by HAN SHAN

First Line: AMID A THOUSAND CLOUDS AND STREAMS
Last Line: SILENT LIKE A RIVER IN FALL
Subject(s): ASCESTICISM; CHINESE LITERATURE; IDLENESS; QUIET LIFE; LAZINESS; SLOTH; INDOLENCE;

Amid a thousand clouds and streams
there's an idle man somewhere
roaming the mountains during the day
sleeping below the cliffs at night
watching springs and autumns pass
free of cares and earthly burdens
happy clinging to nothing
silent like a river in fall



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