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THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 277 by HAN SHAN

First Line: AMONG THE SAGES OF THE PAST
Last Line: NONE ESCAPED THE WHEEL OF BIRTH AND DEATH
Subject(s): BUDDHISM; CHINESE LITERATURE; DEATH; BUDDHA; BUDDHISTS; DEAD, THE;

Among the sages of the past
are there any who survived
they lived and then they died
all turned to dust and ashes
their piled-up bones would match Vipula
their tears of parting form a sea
their empty names alone remain
none escaped the Wheel of Birth and Death



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