no tricks
by Yun-k'an TzuEnglish version by Jerome P. Seaton
Original Language Chinese
no tricks
nothing doing.
the sun and moon endure their rush
and don't grow old.
sail backwards?
row against the flow?
to hell with that.
you'd better be known
for being
quiet.
-- from Wine of Endless Life: Taoist Drinking Songs from the Yuan Dynasty, Edited by Jerome P. Seaton |
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