李德裕·《寄茅山孙炼师三首·其三》英译

独寻兰渚玩迟晖，闲倚松窗望翠微。

遥想春山明月曙，玉坛清磬步虚归。

To Patriarch Sun at Hua-yang Grotto

Li Te-yü

III

Searching alone on the sand-bar with its orchids, diverted by dilatory beams of light;

Leaning at ease on the window with its pines, gazing off at blue-misted hills;

Imagining afar the spring mountains in the pale glow of the luminous moon,

And the clear lithophones at a jadestone altar—where you return from

“Pacing the Void.” ¹

1. A traditional chant about the transit of space by a Taoist adept.

（Edward H. Schafer 译）