18 · Shi Xizhou
過巴峽
Passing the Ba Gorges
釋希晝
Chinese
遠望知無極，窮秋日向殘。 孤泉瀉空白，衆木倚雲寒。 靜想猿啼苦，危聞客過難。 寸心寧可寄，前去雪漫漫。
English
Gazing afar, one knows there is no end;
In late autumn the day leans toward its remnant.
A solitary spring pours into empty white;
Crowds of trees lean cold against the clouds.
Quietly imagining the bitterness of gibbons’ cries;
Perilously hearing how hard a traveler’s crossing is.
Where may this inch of heart find lodging?
Ahead, snow stretches boundless.