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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 275 by HAN SHAN

First Line: I'VE ALWAYS LOVED FRIENDS OF THE WAY
Last Line: AND WE FINALLY SEE WHO WE ARE
Subject(s): CHINESE LITERATURE; ZEN BUDDHISM;

I've always loved friends of the Way
friends of the Way I've always held dear
meeting a traveler with a silent spring
or greeting a guest talking Zen
talking of the unseen on a moonlit night
searching for truth until dawn
when ten thousand reasons disappear
and we finally see who we are



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