... never got There

being human common basic needs
love wish give not spoil
got old no free will
slowly smother cast them out
off towards barren mountain tops
life long vow vain reject
sheep gone write off pen
lost hope never got There

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

「Hán Shān Shī #296」
wéi rén cháng xī/chī yòng
ài yì xū qiān xī
lăo qù bù zì yóu
jiàn bèi tā cuī chì
sòng xiàng huāng shān tóu
yī shēng yuàn xū zhì
wáng yáng bà bŭ láo
shī yì zhōng wú jí

"being human often/common eat/drink/breathe-in use
love wish must be-stingy stint
old gone [gone old] not self follow
slowly cover them drive-off oust
see-off towards desolate mountain top[s]
whole life vow-to-Buddha vain throw-away
gone sheep dismiss repair pen
lose hope beginning-till-end no highest-point"

paraphrasing Red Pine >> "sheep gone why fix fence"