My Retreat at Mount Zhongnon

My heart in middle age found the Way. 

And I came to dwell at the foot of this mountain. 

When the spirit moves, I wander alone 

Amid beauty that is all for me.... 

I will walk till the water checks my path, 

Then sit and watch the rising clouds -- 

And some day meet an old wood-cutter 

And talk and laugh and never return.

                                            ~ Wang Wei   (699-759)