Writing What I've
Seen
All things that live
must make a living.
There's nothing got
without some getting.
must make a living.
There's nothing got
without some getting.
From fabled beast to feeble
bug
each schemes to make its way.
The Buddha, or the Taoist sage?
Unending in his labor;
each schemes to make its way.
The Buddha, or the Taoist sage?
Unending in his labor;
and morning's herald, the
rooster, too
can he not cock-a-doodle-do?
I hunger, so I plot to eat;
I'm cold, and would be robed....
can he not cock-a-doodle-do?
I hunger, so I plot to eat;
I'm cold, and would be robed....
But great grand schemes will
get you grief.
Take what you need, that's all.
A light craft takes the wind
and skims the water lightly.
Take what you need, that's all.
A light craft takes the wind
and skims the water lightly.
~ Yuan Mei ~
(I Don't Bow to Buddhas:
Selected Poems of Yuan Mei, trans. J.P. Seaton)
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