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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POEMS OF PICKUP: 5, by HAN SHAN Poet's Biography
First Line: I live in a place without limits
Last Line: It wouldn't mean much to me
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Idleness; Quiet Life; Laziness; Sloth; Indolence
First Line: I live in a place without limits
Last Line: It wouldn't mean much to me
Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan
Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Idleness; Quiet Life; Laziness; Sloth; Indolence
I live in a place without limits
surrounded by effortless truth
sometimes I climb Nirvana Peak
or play in Sandalwood Temple
but most of the time I relax
and speak of neither profit nor fame
even if the sea became a mulberry grove
it wouldn't mean much to me
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