Su Dongpo: The Words of Daoist Tang, Tianwu Mountain

 

[updated September 2022]

 

The Words of Daoist Tang, Tianwu Mountain, Look Down Upon Constant Thunder and Rain, Temple of Immortals, Tang Can Still Hear Infant Sounds Among the Clouds, But Not the Sounds of Thunder

 

唐 道 人 言, 天 目 山 上 俯 视 雷 雨, 每 大 雷 电, 但 闻 云 中 如 婴 儿 声, 殊 不 闻 雷 声 也
已 处 浮 名 更 处 身
区 区 雷 电 若 为 神。
山 头 只 作 婴 儿 看
无 限 人 间 失 箸人。
Tang Dao Ren Yan, Tian Mu Shan Shang Fu Shi Lei Yu, Mei Da Lei Dian, Dan Wen Yun Zhong Ru Ying Er Sheng, Shu Bu Wen Lei Sheng Ye

Yi chu fu ming geng chu shen
Qu qu lei dian ruo wei shen.
Shan tou zhi zuo ying er kan
Wu xian ren jian shi zhu ren.

 

The Words of Daoist Tang, Tianwu Mountain, Look Down Upon Thunder and Rain, Temple of Immortals, Every Time Have Big Thunder, Tang Can Still Hear Infant Sounds Among the Clouds, But Not the Sounds of Thunder

If one can move past the superficiality of fame and where one lives
This trivial lightning and thunder as petty as the mountain deities.
From the mountaintop they are much like a baby crying
Most people drop their chopsticks in fear of thunder and lightning.