Chinese Poetry of Eihei Zenji

山居
夜坐更闌眠未熟
情知辨道可山林
溪聲入耳月到眼
此外更須何用心

Mountain Dwelling
Sitting in the hush of night—sleep has not come nigh;
Know that the Way can be found in mountain forest.
The stream enters the ear, the moon reaches the eye—
And so what else must stir the heart besides this rest?

shān
mountain reside
zuò gēng lán mián wèi shú
night sit watch (of night) late sleep not yet ripe/mature
qíng zhī biàn dào shān lín
emotion know discern Way/Path can mountain forest
shēng ěr yuè dào yǎn
stream sound enter ear moon arrive eye
wài gèng yòng xīn
this outside/beyond more need/must what use heart/mind
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