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554. «At daybreak, as the skies lighten…»
Early morning in Beitsing: a sound fondly recalled.
555. «When I was small I had a great vain dream…»[248]
Only the waters of the Ch'in and Wei
Roll green and changeless, as in years
gone by.
Po Chu-i
556. «The temple halls are musty; daylight never…»[249]
Om mani pad me kum.
557. «We had walked many li over the flat autumn fields…»[250]
A winter storm starts suddenly over
lake Hanka.
558. «Swathed in its lace of slime…»
559. «Early snow falls…»
560. «San Shu was a boatman. He lived on an island…»
248
For Po Chu — yi see note on poem 527. The epigraph is taken from Bo Juyi's poem «Night Stop at Rongyang».
249
Om mani pad me kum: a meditation mantra.
250
Lake Hanka is a lake in the maritime Far East, on the border of Russia and China.