Witter Bynner and Kiang Kung-hu, trans. On the Way to the Temple. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22.

On the Way to the Temple

By Witter Bynner and Kiang Kung-hu, trans.


From “Poems by Wang Wei” From the Chinese NOT knowing the way to the Temple of Heaped Fragrance,
I have roamed, under miles of mountain-cloud,
Old woods without a human track.
But far on the height I hear a bell,
A rillet sings over winding rocks,	5
The sun is tempered by green pines….
At twilight, close to an emptying pool,
I lie and master the Passion-dragon.