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Nan Xiangzi: A Spring Day
The spring day holds a deep sweetness; greedy for the frogs' cry that sees off the tender cold. Egrets and grasses pale and adrift, the lake's face lazy, all dappled. Three thousand scrolls of poems draw open a grotto-heaven.
The pale guest keeps company with the tea's smoke, bestowing the favor of daylight, playing in the countryside. In the dream a clear sound folds into a realm transfigured, shed of the common. Letting the heart go free, I invite the five immortals.
Glosses—
Pale guest: another name for the pear blossom;
Bestowing favor (chong jie): to grant honor and reward;
Among the grasses: a figure for the countryside;
Realm transfigured (hua jing): language turned into a realm of its own;
Five immortals: the ghost immortal, the human immortal, the earth immortal, the heaven immortal, and the divine immortal.
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