Wang Fanzhi: 2 Untitled 4-Character Quatrains王梵志: 無題四言絕句 两首

Today, I am re-posting 2 of Wang Fanzhi's 4 untitled 4-character quatrains.  These are so beautiful and so different in style to Wang's other poems that they may well have been attributed to him.  I have no wish to venture into any such research.  I will simply indulge myself in his tranquil, unworldly state of mind and state of being. Here are the 2 poems:-

A:  Wang Fanzhi (592? - 670?): Untitled 4-Character Quatrain, 2 of 4 (Worldly matters, we worry, weary)

Worldly matters, we worry, weary;

Up in the mountains, we’d better be.

Green pines for shade, to filter the sun;

Blue streams, as ever, flow free and easy.

Translated by Andrew W.F. Wong (Huang Hongfa)    譯者: 黃宏發

16^th April 2015 (revised 17.4.15; 18.4.15)

http://chinesepoemsinenglish.blogspot.com/2015/10/wang-fanzhi-untitled-4-character_13.html

Translated from the original – 

王梵志: 無題四言絕句 4首 其2 (世事悠悠)

世事悠悠

不如山丘

青松敝日

碧澗長秋

B:  Wang Fanzhi (592?-670?): Untitled Four-Character Quatrain, 3 of 4 (The mountain clouds, by night, my curtain)

The mountain clouds, by night, my curtain, 

Hooked to the crescent moon, a-spread.

 I lie, I sleep 'neath vines and climbers,

With a slab of stone to pillow my head.

Translated by Andrew W.F. Wong (Huang Hongfa)

18 April 2015 (revised 30.11.15)

http://chinesepoemsinenglish.blogspot.com/2015/12/wang-fanzhi-untitled-4-character.html

Translated from the original – 

王梵志: 無題四言絕句 4首 其3 (山雲當幕)

山雲當幕

夜月為鉤

臥藤蘿下

塊石枕頭