LXXII

ON THE SIU CHENG ROAD

A gentle East wind is blowing.

I travel through the mountains.

White clouds rest on the peaks like

Caps of silk floss. Over

The tree tops the sun gleams like

A polished cymbal. Peach trees

Bloom beyond bamboo fences.

Along the streams, willows wave

Above the pools. The mountaineers

Of the West know how to be

Happy, full of melon soup

And fried bamboo shoots after

The spring sowing.

SU TUNG P’O