The Old Tea Seller by Baisao

Author:Baisao
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Catapult
Published: 2020-10-02T00:00:00+00:00

A Gentleman in Kii Province Sent Me a Gift of Yellow Fangs. I Dropped Them into the Offertory Tube and Wrote This Poem to Thank Him for His Kindness33

Far far over cloudy trails

a kindness transmitted mind to mind,

an offering from a distant friend

come to ease my poverty;

Converted into a handful of rice

it will keep the life-thread whole—

the contents of a bamboo tube

deciding whether I starve or not.

Opening up Shop at Tsūten Bridge

Setting up for business here

under a canopy of white cloud

in a landscape so rich and rare

Yü-ch’uan would gape in wonder;34

I have a way that can usher you

straight through to the heavens

and it won’t take you six cups

to reach the Immortals’ abode.

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