I climbed west on Incense Cloud Peak. <br />South I saw the spray-filled falls <br />Dropping for ten thousand feet <br />Sounding in a hundred gorges, <br />Suddenly as if lightning shone, <br />Strange as if light-wet rainbows lifted. <br />I thought the Milky Way had shattered, <br />Scattering stars through the clouds, downwards. <br /> <br />Looking up an even greater force. <br />Nature’s powers are so intense. <br />The Cosmic Wind blows there without stop. <br />The river’s moon echoes back the light <br />Into vortices where waters rush. <br />On both sides the clear walls were washed, <br />By streams of pearl broken into mist, <br />By clouds of foam whitening over rock. <br /> <br />Let me reach those Sublime Hills <br />Where peace comes to the quiet heart. <br />No more need to find the magic cup. <br />I’ll wash the dust, there, from my face, <br />And live in those regions that I love, <br />Separated from the Human World.<br /><br />Li Po<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/lu-mountain-kiangsi/
