While Visiting on the South Stream | A World of Poetry

While Visiting on the South Stream the Taoist Priest Chang

Walking along a little path, 
I find a footprint on the moss, 
A white cloud low on the quiet lake, 
Grasses that sweeten an idle door, 
A pine grown greener with the rain, 
A brook that comes from a mountain source -- 
And, mingling with Truth among the flowers, 
I have forgotten what to say.

- Liu Changing