{"product_id":"b00apd9uo4","title":"The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis authoritative, bilingual edition represents the first time the entirety of Cold Mountain's poetry has been translated into English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese translations were originally published by Copper Canyon Press nearly twenty years ago. Now, significantly revised and expanded, the collection also includes a new preface by the translator, Red Pine, whose accompanying notes are at once scholarly, accessible, and entertaining. Also included for the first time are poems by two of Cold Mountain's colleagues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLegendary for his clarity, directness, and lack of pretension, the eight-century hermit-poet  Cold Mountain (Han Shan)  is a major figure in the history of Chinese literature and has been a profound influence on writers and readers worldwide. Writers such as Charles Frazier and Gary Snyder studied his poetry, and Jack Kerouac's  Dharma Bums  is dedicated to Han Shan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e1.B\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003estoried cliffs were the fortune I cast\u003cbr\u003e\nbird trails beyond human tracks\u003cbr\u003e\nwhat surrounds my yard\u003cbr\u003e\nwhite clouds nesting dark rocks\u003cbr\u003e\nI've lived here quite a few years\u003cbr\u003e\nand always seen the spring-water change\u003cbr\u003e\ntell those people with tripods and bells\u003cbr\u003e\nempty names are no damn good\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e71.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003esomeone sits in a mountain gorge\u003cbr\u003e\ncloud robe sunset tassels\u003cbr\u003e\nhandful of fragrances he'd share\u003cbr\u003e\nthe road is long and hard\u003cbr\u003e\nregretful and doubtful\u003cbr\u003e\nold and unaccomplished\u003cbr\u003e\nthe crowd calls him crippled\u003cbr\u003e\nhe stands alone steadfast\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e205.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003emy place is on Cold Mountain\u003cbr\u003e\nperched on a cliff beyond the circuit of affliction\u003cbr\u003e\nimages leave no trace when they vanish\u003cbr\u003e\nI roam the whole galaxy from here\u003cbr\u003e\nlights and shadows flash across my mind\u003cbr\u003e\nnot one dharma comes before me\u003cbr\u003e\nsince I found the magic pearl\u003cbr\u003e\nI can go anywhere everywhere it's perfect\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCold Mountain\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA mountain man lives under thatch\u003cbr\u003e\nbefore his gate carts and horses are rare\u003cbr\u003e\nthe forest is quiet but partial to birds\u003cbr\u003e\nthe streams are wide and home to fish\u003cbr\u003e\nwith his son he picks wild fruit\u003cbr\u003e\nwith his wife he hoes between rocks\u003cbr\u003e\nwhat does he have at home\u003cbr\u003e\na shelf full of nothing but books\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":52820860076248,"sku":"YSL36191","price":7.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0835\/3356\/2072\/files\/81WpbRnn5fL._SY1500.jpg?v=1793098449","url":"https:\/\/www.bookmebay.com\/products\/b00apd9uo4","provider":"BookMebay","version":"1.0","type":"link"}