Spring fails to come

Cold Mountain path off the beaten track
cold brook banks natural and graceful
there are birds constantly chirping
solitude -- no-one calling the hours
blowing wind patters my face
lots of snow heaps onto my body
day after day the Sun fails to show
year after year spring fails to come

-- 寒山 [Hán Shān] -- Translation by 白狐 [Bái Hú] --

[Hán Shān Shī #35]
yăo yăo hán shān dào
luò luò lĕng jiàn bīn
jiū jiū cháng yŏu niăo
jì jì gēng wú rén
xī xī fēng chuī miàn
fēn fēn xuĕ jī shēn
zhāo zhāo bù jiàn rì
suì suì bù zhī chūn

"remote [2x] cold mountain path
falling [2x] cold brook bank
chirping [2x] often having bird
quiet [2x] double-hour there-isn't person
pattering [2x] wind blowing face
lots [2x] snow amassing body
day [2x] not seeing Sun
year [2x] not knowing spring"