A Letter to the Taoist Monk in the Mountains of Quanjiao
寄全椒山中道士 · Three Hundred Tang Poems
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A Letter to the Taoist Monk in the Mountains of Quanjiao
Today the prefectural office is cold,
And I suddenly think of the man in the mountain.
You gather firewood at the bottom of the ravine
And return to cook white stones.
I would like to bring a gourd of wine
To comfort you from afar on this windy, rainy evening.
Fallen leaves cover the empty mountains—
Where can I find your tracks?
寄全椒山中道士
今朝郡齋冷，忽念山中客。
澗底束一作「采」荆薪，歸來煮白石。
欲持一瓢酒，遠慰一作「寄」風雨夕。
落葉滿一作「遍」空山，何處尋行跡。