by Ho Xuan Huong, also known as the Queen of Nom Poetry
Spring-Watching Pavilion
A gentle spring evening arrives
airily, unclouded by worldly dust.
Three times the bell tolls echoes like a wave.
We see heaven upside-down in sad puddles.
Love's vast sea cannot be emptied.
And springs of grace flow easily everywhere.
Where is nirvana?
Nirvana is here, nine times out of ten.
More about her poetry & some other poems:
http://ura.unisa.edu.au/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=unisa32757 (pdf)
More about Vietnamese poetry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_poetry
Poetry by Editorial Team
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Written on 2014-12-18 at 00:30
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