Dao Jia
When I asked your students under the pine tree,
"My teacher," he replied, "went to collect medicine".
But towards which corner of the mountain,
How can I tell through these clouds?
Translation:
Under the pine tree, I asked the young schoolchildren;
He said that the master had gone to the mountains to collect medicine.
He also said to me, right here on this mountain,
But the mountains are foggy and I don't know where it is.
Appreciate:
Li Sao Notes is a poem by Jia Dao, a poet in Tang Dynasty. This is a question-and-answer poem, but the poet uses the method of combining question and answer to describe the anxiety that can't be found. White clouds are nobler than hermits, and pine trees are used to describe hermits' character. The more I admire you when I didn't meet you when I was writing. It is a rare concise poem with concise words, complex words, profound feelings and unpretentious description.